The magic love fairy tales from twenty-first century China / edited and translated by Juwen Zhang ; with a preface by Jack Zipes.
| Author/creator | Zhang, Juwen |
| Other author | Zipes, Jack, 1937- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Peter Lang, [2022] |
| Description | xv, 228 pages 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | International Folkloristics ; volume number 17 |
| Contents | Preface: Glimmers of the past and future in twenty-first century Chinese tales / Jack Zipes -- Introduction: A living tradition of telling fairy tales in China / Juwen Zhang -- The matchmaker moon man -- Three treasures -- Kongji and Paji -- The crystal shoes -- Getting a wife with one penny -- The tofu boy -- A paper maiden turned into a real wife -- I can't reach it -- Cowherd and weaving girl -- The lantern festival in Yangzhou -- A good marriage between man and snake -- Three blind girls -- The toad son -- The pine tree girl -- A turtle changed to a snake -- Brother as bride in disguise of his sister -- The plum phoenix -- The snake bridegroom -- The snake and three sisters -- A little gong -- The calf got a wife -- The feather cloak of a hundred birds -- The snail girl -- The dragon daughter -- Sold for burial -- Little cowherd and treasure ginseng -- Seeking the buddha in the west -- The girl with golden ball and the toad with three legs -- No tear dropping until seeing guan cai -- No heart dying until seeing Yellow River. |
| Abstract | "This book presents a unique collection of fairy tales from contemporary China, translated into English for the first time. Demonstrating the unique continuity of oral tradition through Chinese history, the thirty tales are selected according to the theme of "magic love." Many readers will be familiar with European tales of love and family. These Chinese tales have a very different emphasis. The structural differences are also striking: there are more tales with tragic endings, instead of the famailiar "happily ever after," and many types of tale. They are fascinating to read, and challenging in terms of both morphology and cultural symbolism. Unlike many collections of fairy tales, this book provides contextual information on the tellers, collectors, and time and location of collection, along with an introduction to the Chinese social and cultural background, and folkloristic approaches to fairy tale studies"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021047235 |
| ISBN | 9781433192678 (Hardback) |
| ISBN | (eBook) |
| ISBN | (ePub) |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |