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Introduces the oral narrative tradition that still flourishes in Shanghai and in Suzhou, an ancient city known as the city of gardens. This book provides an overview of the tradition, focusing on the contextualized performance of narrative. It examines how oral territory is opened and explored in performance.

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"A truly important work, a major contribution to a field virtually unstudied in the West and poorly studied in China until very recently." -- Susan Blader, associate professor of Chinese at Dartmouth College

Plum and Bamboo CHINAS SUZHOU CHANTEFABLE

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      Publisher: University of Illinois Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/05/2003
      ISBN13: 9780252028212, 978-0252028212
      ISBN10: 025202821X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Introduces the oral narrative tradition that still flourishes in Shanghai and in Suzhou, an ancient city known as the city of gardens. This book provides an overview of the tradition, focusing on the contextualized performance of narrative. It examines how oral territory is opened and explored in performance.

      Trade Review
      "A truly important work, a major contribution to a field virtually unstudied in the West and poorly studied in China until very recently." -- Susan Blader, associate professor of Chinese at Dartmouth College

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