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Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Daur Folktales written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Victor H. Mair
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231153120
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)
Download or read book The Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature written by Victor H. Mair and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature, two of the world's leading sinologists, Victor H. Mair and Mark Bender, capture the breadth of China's oral-based literary heritage. This collection presents works drawn from the large body of oral literature of many of China's recognized ethnic groups--including the Han, Yi, Miao, Tu, Daur, Tibetan, Uyghur, and Kazak--and the selections include a variety of genres. Chapters cover folk stories, songs, rituals, and drama, as well as epic traditions and professional storytelling, and feature both familiar and little-known texts, from the story of the woman warrior Hua Mulan to the love stories of urban storytellers in the Yangtze delta, the shaman rituals of the Manchu, and a trickster tale of the Daur people from the forests of the northeast. The Cannibal Grandmother of the Yi and other strange creatures and characters unsettle accepted notions of Chinese fable and literary form. Readers are introduced to antiphonal songs of the Zhuang and the Dong, who live among the fantastic limestone hills of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; work and matchmaking songs of the mountain-dwelling She of Fujian province; and saltwater songs of the Cantonese-speaking boat people of Hong Kong. The editors feature the Mongolian epic poems of Geser Khan and Jangar; the sad tale of the Qeo family girl, from the Tu people of Gansu and Qinghai provinces; and local plays known as "rice sprouts" from Hebei province. These fascinating juxtapositions invite comparisons among cultures, styles, and genres, and expert translations preserve the individual character of each thrillingly imaginative work.
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ISBN 13 : 9780835115384
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (153 download)
Download or read book Daur Folktales written by and published by . This book was released on 1984-12-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Margaret Stutley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134482051
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)
Download or read book Shamanism written by Margaret Stutley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shamanism is one of the earliest and farthest-reaching magical and religious traditions, vestiges of which still underlie the major religious faiths of the modern world. The function of the shaman is to show his or her people the unseen powers behind the mere appearances of nature, as experienced through intuition, in trance states, or during ecstatic mystical visions. Shamans possess healing powers, communicate with the dead and the world beyond, and influence the weather and movements of hunting animals. The psychological exaltation of shamanism trance states is similar to the ecstasies of Yogis, Christian mystics and dervishes. Shamanism: An Introduction traces the development of shamanism in its many fascinating global manifestations. Looking at shamanic practices from Siberia to China and beyond, it provides an accessible guide to one of the world's most ancient, notorious and frequently misrepresented spiritual traditions. Placing special emphasis on the climate, geographic and cultural pressures under which shanic customs arose and continue to be observed, Margaret Stutley summarizes and clearly explains the logic of a faith whose fantastical elements hold a special place in popular imagination.
Author : Evelyn S. Rawski
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520926790
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (267 download)
Download or read book The Last Emperors written by Evelyn S. Rawski and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998-11-15 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) was the last and arguably the greatest of the conquest dynasties to rule China. Its rulers, Manchus from the north, held power for three centuries despite major cultural and ideological differences with the Han majority. In this book, Evelyn Rawski offers a bold new interpretation of the remarkable success of this dynasty, arguing that it derived not from the assimilation of the dominant Chinese culture, as has previously been believed, but rather from an artful synthesis of Manchu leadership styles with Han Chinese policies.
Author : J. Gottschall
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230615597
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Literature, Science, and a New Humanities written by J. Gottschall and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-09-29 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literary studies are at a tipping point. ." There is broad agreement that the discipline is in "crisis" - that it is aimless, that its intellectual energy is spent, that all of the trends are bad, and that fundamental change will be required to set things right. But there is little agreement on what those changes should be, and no one can predict which way things will ultimately tip. Literature, Science, and a New Humanities represents a bold new response to the crisis in academic literary studies. This book presents a total challenge to dominant paradigms of literary analysis and offers a sweeping critique of those paradigms, and sketches outlines of a new paradigm inspired by scientific theories, methods, and attitudes.
Author : Chiu Yong Poon
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1434986489
Total Pages : 553 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (349 download)
Download or read book Folktales of Love From China written by Chiu Yong Poon and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folktales of Love from China: Can Help You Study the Last Book of the Bible 2nd Edition by Chiu Yong Poon Why did the casting of the miraculous medal and the making of the statue of the virgin of the Globe cause St. Catherine Laboure so much anguish? What hints at this answer? Read this book in relation to its first edition, published in China in 1989; the second edition adds material from the Cultural Exchange to every folktale of the first edition. This second edition, painstakingly designed and carefully constructed, encourages Bible Study and can enrich the reader’s appreciation of Marian apparition Shrines. Read the book! It has substantial content! The works have a strong flavor of common people’s literature.
Author : James Hinton Knowles
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Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Folk-tales of Kashmir written by James Hinton Knowles and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Loretta E. Kim
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 1684171032
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (841 download)
Download or read book Ethnic Chrysalis written by Loretta E. Kim and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ethnic Chrysalis" is the first book in English to cover the early modern history of the Orochen, an ethnic group that has for centuries inhabited areas now belonging to the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China. The Qing dynasty (1644–1911) was a formative period for Orochen identity, and its actions preserved the Orochen as a separate ethnic group. While incorporating the Orochen into the imperial political domain through military conscription and compulsory resource extraction, the Qing government created two Orochen subgroups that experienced disparate levels of social and economic autonomy. The use of “Orochen” as an official modifier by Qing officials forms an early layer of the chrysalis that embodies various senses of ethnic identity for people who have been identified, or self‐identified, as Orochen. Since the Qing, the Orochen have continued to cherish the perception that their Qing‐period ancestors were key players in the defense and economy of northeast China. Tracing the evolution of Qing policies toward the Orochen along the Chinese–Russian borderland, Loretta Kim examines how the impact of political organization in one era can endure in a group’s social and cultural values.
Author : J. Hinton Knowles
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136388052
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)
Download or read book Folk-Tales of Kashmir written by J. Hinton Knowles and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2000. This is Volume XIV of fourteen of a series on India- its language and literature. Collated in 1888, this is a collection of folk-tales by the author who was a missionary who had the primary object in collecting these tales was to obtain some knowledge of Kashmiri, which .is a purely colloquial language; and a secondary object was to ascertain something of the thoughts and ways of the people.
Author : James S. Olson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1567508774
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (675 download)
Download or read book An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China written by James S. Olson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1998-02-24 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms began in the early 1980s, the People's Republic of China has rejoined global politics as a world power. The country is likely to become more open and its internal politics will no doubt affect the rest of the world. With more than 1.2 billion people divided into hundreds of ethnic groups, all dominated by the Han people, China's politics and its foreign policy are bound to be affected by ethnicity and ethnic rivalry. This book is designed to give librarians, students, scholars, and educated readers a ready reference for background information of interpreting ethnic events in China. Generally defining ethnicity in terms of language, this book provides individual essays on hundreds of Chinese ethnic groups, including ethnic groups living in the Republic of China on Taiwan. The book also includes a chronology, bibliography, and a breakdown of the People's Republic of China's ethnic political subdivisions.
Author : Tony Bonning
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750969377
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Dumfries and Galloway Folk Tales written by Tony Bonning and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storyteller Tony Bonning brings together stories from one of the most enigmatic regions of Scotland: a land hemmed in by rivers and mountains; a land that vigorously maintained its independence, and by doing so, has many unique tales and legends. Here you will meet strange beasts, creatures and even stranger folk; here you will meet men and women capable of tricking even the Devil himself, and here you will find the very tale that inspired Robert Burns's most famous poem, Tam o'Shanter. With each Story told in an engaging style, and illustrated with unique line drawings, these humorous, clever and enchanting folk tales are sure to be enjoyed and shared time and again.
Author : Shankar
Publisher : Children's Book Trust
ISBN 13 : 9788170116974
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (169 download)
Download or read book Folk Tales Retold written by Shankar and published by Children's Book Trust. This book was released on 1993 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Man Of An Ass , The King'S Choice , The Clever Calf , A Woman'S Wit , And The Beggar King Make This Collection.
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Total Pages : 418 pages
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Download or read book Estudos de literatura oral written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Western Washington University
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Total Pages : 932 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Mongolia and the Mongols written by Western Washington University and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 932 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Fu Yuguang
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000295591
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Shamanic and Mythic Cultures of Ethnic Peoples in Northern China II written by Fu Yuguang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the basis of first-hand materials gathered through decades of field research and fleshed out with the author’s insightful religious, cultural, and historical observations extending back to the Qing dynasty, ancient archaeological discoveries, and the legacy of Siberian peoples, this two-volume ethnological study investigates shamanic rituals, myths, and lore in northern China and explores the common ideology underlying the origins of the region’s cultures. This second volume focuses on northern shamanic divination, spirit idols, and folklore covering the myths of the Manchu-Tungus, Manchu creation shrine tales, and individual tribal myths. This mythic heritage helps identify shared patterns of thought among the ethnic peoples of northern China; points to cultural integration with Buddhist, Daoist, and Han Chinese cultures; and shows their understand of the natural world, the creation of humankind, social life, and history and their interactions with their surroundings. In this regard, shamanic spirituality in northern China is characterized by functionality and practicality in daily life situations, in contrast to the received wisdom that defines shamanic praxis as a pure supernatural spirit journey. The book will be of great value to scholars of religion and to both anthropologists and ethnologists in the fields of shamanism studies, Northeast Asian folklore, and Manchu studies.
Author : G. Namjil
Publisher : American Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 1631814397
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (318 download)
Download or read book A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ALTAIC MYTHOLOGIES IN CHINA written by G. Namjil and published by American Academic Press. This book was released on 2023-08-28 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lending support to the search for the roots of the Altaic language family and pushing forward the field of Altaic mythologies and related topics, this comprehensive study of the early beliefs of China’s Altaic peoples is the first thorough, systematic academic treatment in this, as yet, underdeveloped research field. While discussing nine types of Altaic mythologies, A Comparative Study of Altaic Mythologies in China uses primary sources in several languages to explore Altaic myths’ origins, development over centuries, lineage relationships, and external influences. For this purpose, it compares the mythologies of various ethnic groups within the Altaic language family, Altaic mythologies with those of other cross-language and cross-cultural ethnic groups having direct, indirect or even no cultural exchanges with them in history, as well as Altaic mythologies with folklore, religion and other interdisciplinary domains of Altaic Studies by applying the theories and methods of comparative literature studies, comparative folklore studies and comparative mythology to a vast collection of mythological materials. As wide-ranging as it is deeply researched, this serious exploration of Altaic Studies breaks the boundaries of the previously closed research model, expands theoretical horizons, broadens the research scope, introduces a new mechanism for understanding myths and co-cultures of the Altaic language family, and offers insight toward the reconstruction of Proto-Altaic Mythology.
