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Bannermen Tales (Zidishu): Manchu Storytelling and Cultural Hybridity in the Qing Dynasty
Elena Suet-Ying Chiu
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Description for Bannermen Tales (Zidishu): Manchu Storytelling and Cultural Hybridity in the Qing Dynasty
Hardback. Bannermen Tales is the first book in English to offer a comprehensive study of zidishu a popular storytelling genre created by the Manchus in early eighteenth-century Beijing. With original translations, musical score, and numerous illustrations of hand-copied and printed texts, this study opens a new window into Qing literature. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 330 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 22 x 15. .
Bannermen Tales is the first book in English to offer a comprehensive study of zidishu (bannermen tales)-a popular storytelling genre created by the Manchus in early eighteenth-century Beijing. Contextualizing zidishu in Qing dynasty Beijing, this book examines both bilingual (Manchu-Chinese) and pure Chinese texts, recalls performance venues and features, and discusses their circulation and reception into the early twentieth century. To go beyond readily available texts, author Elena Chiu engaged in intensive fieldwork and archival research, examining approximately four hundred hand-copied and printed zidishu texts housed in libraries in Mainland China, Taiwan, Germany, and Japan. Guided by ... Read more
Bannermen Tales is the first book in English to offer a comprehensive study of zidishu (bannermen tales)-a popular storytelling genre created by the Manchus in early eighteenth-century Beijing. Contextualizing zidishu in Qing dynasty Beijing, this book examines both bilingual (Manchu-Chinese) and pure Chinese texts, recalls performance venues and features, and discusses their circulation and reception into the early twentieth century. To go beyond readily available texts, author Elena Chiu engaged in intensive fieldwork and archival research, examining approximately four hundred hand-copied and printed zidishu texts housed in libraries in Mainland China, Taiwan, Germany, and Japan. Guided by ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Series
Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
382
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674975194
SKU
V9780674975194
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About Elena Suet-Ying Chiu
Elena Suet-Ying Chiu is Associate Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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