Title Regional literature and the transmission of culture [electronic resource] : Chinese drum ballads, 1800-1937 / Margaret B. Wan.

Publication Info.	Cambridge (Massachusetts) : Harvard University Asia Center, 2020.
	©2020

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Description	1 online resource.
Series	Harvard East Asian monographs; 426
	Harvard East Asian monographs ; 426.
Contents	Drum ballads as regional literature -- Audiences and reading practices: the eye and the ear -- Imagining region: space in the ballads -- Court case ballads: popular ideals of justice -- Legends, media and the transmission of ideas -- Drum ballads in Shanghai: the shift to national culture.
Summary	"Provides a richly textured picture of cultural transmission in China during the Qing and early Republican eras. Drum ballad texts (guci) evoke one of the most popular performance traditions of their day, opening up surprising new perspectives on vital topics in Chinese literature and history"--Provided by publisher.
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Subject	Popular literature -- China -- History.
	Acculturation -- China -- History.
	Ballads, Chinese -- History.
	Drum -- Performance -- China.
	Ethnomusicology -- China.
	Folklore -- China.
	China -- Civilization.
	LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese
	Acculturation
	Ballads, Chinese
	Civilization
	Drum -- Performance
	Ethnomusicology
	Folklore
	Popular literature
	China
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History
Other Form:	Print version: 9780674241183 0674241185 (DLC) 2019005478 (OCoLC)1090280047
ISBN	9781684176076 (electronic bk.)
	1684176077 (electronic bk.)
	9780674241183
	0674241185