The Magic Love: Fairy Tales from Twenty-First Century China

ISBN-13: 9781433192678 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 230 str.

Zhang, Juwen

Opis

This book presents a unique collection of fairy tales from contemporary China, translated into English for the first time.

Recenzje

"The compelling tales in The Magic Love were collected in the early 21st century from several master storytellers in various parts of China. Juwen Zhang's thorough introduction offers new ways of understanding these contemporary yet traditional tales and challenges accepted ideas about folk tale scholarship." - Mark Bender, Ohio State University; Co-editor of The Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature

Spis treści

Map of Locations of the Storytellers - Acknowledgments - Jack Zipes: Preface: Glimmers of the Past and Future in Twenty- First Century Chinese Tales - Juwen Zhang: The Role of Matchmaking - In Love with the Fairy for Family Life - Sibling Love and Rivalry - In Love with the Supernatural - Epilogue - Bibliographic Notes on Tale Types and Sources - Bibliography.

O autorze

Juwen Zhang (Ph.D. in folklore and folklife from the University of Pennsylvania) is Professor of Chinese Studies and Folklore at Willamette University, a Fellow of the American Folklore Society, and President of the Western States Folklore Society. His recent publications include The Dragon Daughter and Other Lin Lan Fairy Tales and Oral Traditions in Contemporary China: Healing a Nation.