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Author:

Wan, Margaret B., author.

Title:

Regional literature and the transmission of culture : Chinese drum ballads, 1800-1937 / Margaret B. Wan.

Publisher:

Harvard University Asia Center,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xxii, 434 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Folklore--China.
Ethnomusicology--China.
Drum--Performance--China.
Ballads, Chinese--History.
Acculturation--China--History.
Popular literature--China--History.
China--Civilization.
Acculturation.
Ballads, Chinese.
Civilization.
Drum--Performance.
Ethnomusicology.
Folklore.
Popular literature.
China.
History.

Notes:

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.

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:

Harvard East Asian monographs; 426

ISBN:

0674241185
9780674241183

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1090280047

LCCN:

2019005478

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)