Juwen Zhang, "Oral Traditions in Contemporary China: Healing a Nation" (Lexington Books, 2022)
New Books in East Asian Studies
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How can Chinese folkloristic approaches and approaches to Chinese folklore help us understand global oral traditions more generally? How does folklore provide communities with valuable resources for self-healing at times of intense cultural change? These are some of the questions that Professor Zhang examines in his recent Chicago book Prize-winning work, World Traditions in Contemporary China Healing a Nation.
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