| Books, Tales and Vernacular Culture: Selected Papers on China Contributor(s): Dudbridge, Glen (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004147705 ISBN-13: 9789004147706 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: Fourteen research papers on traditional China. They form three groups, each mixing discursive pieces with more technical research: books and publishing; medieval narrative and culture; vernacular culture. Fundamentally these studies develop a more open way of reading China's traditional narrative literature. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - China - Literary Criticism | Asian - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 895.109 |
| LCCN: 2005051330 |
| Series: China Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 6.52" W x 9.58" (1.62 lbs) 325 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: These studies develop a more open way of reading China's traditional narrative literature, in which publishing culture, religious culture, historical circumstance and social institutions all play a part. The concept of vernacular culture is discussed in broad terms and explored through particular examples. This volume, which marks Glen Dudbridge's retirement as Shaw Professor of Chinese at Oxford University, brings together fourteen of his research papers published over more than thirty years. They form three themed groups: books and publishing; medieval narrative and religious culture; vernacular culture. Each group presents a mixture of discursive pieces with more technical and empirical research, and most of the papers also have links that reach across the division into groups. |