Chinese folklorists are well acquainted with the work of their English-language colleagues, but until recently the same could not be said about American scholar

Chinese folklorists are well acquainted with the work of their English-language colleagues, but until recently the same could not be said about American scholar

In this important ethnography Ziying You explores the role of the "folk literati" in negotiating, defining, and maintaining local cultural heritage. Expanding o

The Modern Chinese Folklore Movement coalesced at National Peking University between 1918 and 1926. A group of academics, inspired by Western thought, tried to

In Oral Traditions in Contemporary China: Healing a Nation, Juwen Zhang provides a systematic survey of such oral traditions as folk and fairy tales, proverbs,