More songs and stories of the Chʻuan Miao /
"David Crockett Graham (1884-1961) was an American Baptist minister who went to China as a missionary in 1911. He was stationed at Siufu (Xufu) in Sichuan Province where he became acquainted with the local Chuan Miao, an ethnic group within the Miao people. Having obtained a Ph. D. in anthropol...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wiesbaden :
Harrassowitz Verlag,
2018
Wiesbaden : 2018 |
| Series: | Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes ;
Band 112 Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes ; Bd. 112 Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes ; Bd. 112 Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes Bd. 112 Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes ; Band 112 Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes ; Bd. 112 |
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| Summary: | "David Crockett Graham (1884-1961) was an American Baptist minister who went to China as a missionary in 1911. He was stationed at Siufu (Xufu) in Sichuan Province where he became acquainted with the local Chuan Miao, an ethnic group within the Miao people. Having obtained a Ph. D. in anthropology at the University of Chicago in 1927 he seriously studied their culture and folklore and collected and translated 752 songs and stories. Besides being a pioneering expert on the Chuan Miao, Graham also was an archaeologist of note and an outstanding zoological collector who assembled a huge amount of species for the Smithsonian Institution. This collection covers the same wide spectrum as the published collection and is a valuable complement. It comprises a more explicit, informative introduction, legends, mythological tales, religious chants, love and marriage songs, stories and folk-tales. The material was annotated by Wolfram Eberhard, the well-known Berkeley anthropologist"-- |
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| Item Description: | Copyright Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft Copyright Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft Supplement to: Songs and stories of the Ch'uan Miao (Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1954) Supplement to: Songs and stories of the Chʻuan Miao (Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1954) |
| Physical Description: | 329 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm 329 pages : map, illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-306) and indexes Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| ISBN: | 3447110015 9783447110013 |
| ISSN: | 0567-4980 ; |