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Author : Geling Yan
Release : 1999
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis White Snake and Other Stories by : Geling Yan
Download or read book White Snake and Other Stories written by Geling Yan. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First collection published in English by major, multiple award-winning Chinese writer Yan Geling.
Author : Sigrid Mordi
Release : 1981
Genre : Children's literature
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Book Rating : 685/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The White Snake and Other Stories by : Sigrid Mordi
Download or read book The White Snake and Other Stories written by Sigrid Mordi. This book was released on 1981. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Liang Luo
Release : 2021-08-09
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 155/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Global White Snake by : Liang Luo
Download or read book The Global White Snake written by Liang Luo. This book was released on 2021-08-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Global White Snake examines the Chinese White Snake legends and their extensive, multidirectional travels within Asia and across the globe. Such travels across linguistic and cultural boundaries have generated distinctive traditions as the White Snake has been reinvented in the Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and English-speaking worlds, among others. Moreover, the inter-Asian voyages and global circulations of the White Snake legends have enabled them to become repositories of diverse and complex meanings for a great number of people, serving as reservoirs for polyphonic expressions ranging from the attempts to consolidate authoritarian power to the celebrations of minority rights and activism. The Global White Snake uncovers how the White Snake legend often acts as an unsettling narrative of radical tolerance for hybrid sexualities, loving across traditional boundaries, subverting authority, and valuing the strange and the uncanny. A timely mediation and reflection on our contemporary moment of continued struggle for minority rights and social justice, The Global White Snake revives the radical anti-authoritarian spirit slithering under the tales of monsters and demons, love and lust, and reminds us of the power of the fantastic and the fabulous in inspiring and empowering personal and social transformations.
Author : Ko-ling Yan
Release : 1999
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Book Synopsis White Snake and Other Short Stories by : Ko-ling Yan
Download or read book White Snake and Other Short Stories written by Ko-ling Yan. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Release : 2009-09-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 144/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The White Snake and Her Son by :
Download or read book The White Snake and Her Son written by . This book was released on 2009-09-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cornerstone of Chinese popular culture, the legend of the White Snake--the admirable demon who loves her victim--has been continually rewritten, reinterpreted, and readapted for over five hundred years. The Precious Scroll of Thunder Peak was one of the most popular nineteenth-century versions of the legend. In bringing together translations of the Scroll, four anonymous youth books, and other texts related to the development of the White Snake legend, this volume opens a window into the richness and variety of premodern Chinese popular literature. It also illustrates the ways in which traditional and modern Chinese societies have treated a host of vital cultural issues, including the role of women in society, perceptions of sexuality, and folk religion. Wilt L. Idema's Introduction traces the evolution of the legend and places the translated texts in the history of Chinese popular literature and culture. Annotations explaining terms and references that may be unfamiliar to Western readers, a glossary, and a thorough bibliography further enhance the value of this book for both scholars and students.
