Bannermen Tales
Subtitle: Manchu Storytelling and Cultural Hybridity in the Qing Dynasty
Publisher: Harvard University Asia Center
Published: Feb 26, 2018
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780674975194
Description: "The first full-length study in English of zidishu, an important storytelling and performance genre rooted in the hybrid, popular culture of Qing dynasty Beijing, which was associated with the culture of the Qing bannermen--the Manchu's military and administrative personnel. Argues that zidishu employed cultural hybridization as a way of performing and thereby perpetuating Manchu identity"--
Notes: Source title: Bannermen Tales (Zidishu): Manchu Storytelling and Cultural Hybridity in the Qing Dynasty (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)