Regional Literature and the Transmission of Culture: Chinese Drum Ballads, 1800-1937

by Margaret B. Wan

Regional Literature and the Transmission of Culture provides a richly textured picture of cultural transmission in the Qing and early Republican eras. Drum ballad texts (guci) evoke one of the most popular performance traditions of their day, a practice that flourished in North China. Study of these narratives opens up surprising new perspectives on vital topics in Chinese literature and history: the creation of regional cultural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674241185
• ISBN13: 9780674241183
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"