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Regional literature and the transmission of culture : Chinese drum ballads, 1800-1937

Title
Regional literature and the transmission of culture : Chinese drum ballads, 1800-1937 / Margaret B. Wan.
Author
Wan, Margaret B.
Publication
  • Cambridge (Massachusetts) : Harvard University Asia Center, 2020.
  • ©2020

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Description
xxii, 434 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
Summary
"Provides a richly textured picture of cultural transmission in China during the Qing and early Republican eras. Drum ballad texts (guci) evoke one of the most popular performance traditions of their day, opening up surprising new perspectives on vital topics in Chinese literature and history"--Provided by publisher.
Series Statement
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 426
Uniform Title
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 426.
Subject
  • Folklore > China
  • Ethnomusicology > China
  • Drum > Performance > China
  • Ballads, Chinese > History
  • Acculturation > China > History
  • Popular literature > China > History
  • Acculturation
  • Ballads, Chinese
  • Civilization
  • Drum > Performance
  • Ethnomusicology
  • Folklore
  • Popular literature
  • China > Civilization
  • China
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Drum ballads as regional literature -- Audiences and reading practices: the eye and the ear -- Imagining region: space in the ballads -- Court case ballads: popular ideals of justice -- Legends, media and the transmission of ideas -- Drum ballads in Shanghai: the shift to national culture.
Call Number
JFE 21-2539
ISBN
  • 9780674241183
  • 0674241185
LCCN
2019005478
OCLC
1090280047
Author
Wan, Margaret B., author.
Title
Regional literature and the transmission of culture : Chinese drum ballads, 1800-1937 / Margaret B. Wan.
Publisher
Cambridge (Massachusetts) : Harvard University Asia Center, 2020.
Copyright Date
©2020
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 426
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 426.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 21-2539
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