Perspectives on East and Southeast Asian Folktales

Herausgeber: McCabe, Allyssa; Kim, Minjeong

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume examines East and Southeast Asian folktales unfamiliar to most Western audiences and highlights similarities to and differences from Western folktales. The discussion includes folktales from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Burma, China, Japan, and Korea.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Folklore and Ethnology: Traditions, Practices, and Identities
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781666912883
• ISBN-10: 1666912883
• Artikelnr.: 64267647

Autorenporträt

Allyssa McCabe is professor emerita of psychology at University of Massachusetts Lowell. MinJeong Kim is associate professor in the School of Education at University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Overview: Perspectives on East and Southeast Asian Folktales
Allyssa McCabe and MinJeong Kim
Folkloristic Perspective
Chapter 2. Folk and Fairy Tales as Expressions of Identity in
Cross-cultural Communication
Juwen Zhang
Cultural Perspective
Chapter 3. Morals Take Precedence Over Resolution: An Exploration of
Chinese Idiom Stories in Mandarin
Allyssa McCabe, Fangfang Zhang, and Chien-ju Chang
Chapter 4. Collectivism in Asian versus Western Folktales of
(Extra)ordinary Companions
Juwen Zhang, Allyssa McCabe, MinJeong Kim, and Charlotte L. Wilinsky
Psychological Perspective
Chapter 5. A Developmental Perspective on Violence in Southeast Asian
Folktales
Charlotte L. Wilinsky and Allyssa McCabe
Chapter 6. What You Hate Becomes Your Fate: Researcher Reflexivity in
Encounters with
Southeast Asian Folktales
Allyssa McCabe and George Chigas
Educational Perspective
Chapter 7. Japanese Language Socialization through Folktales
Masahiko Minami
Chapter 8. Educational Implications of Buddhis