James H Grayson
Biographic Data
| ID | 90110 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James H Grayson |
| GIVEN NAMES | James H |
| FAMILY NAME | Grayson |
| SIGNATURE | GRAYSON J H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Representing Religion in North and South Korea: Seventy-Five Years of the Semiotics of Stamp Design
As government documents, postage stamps are a rich source of information about a government's policies on a wide range of subjects. In this article, a comparative semiotic analysis of the first seventy-five years of North and South Korean stamps is used to illustrate the similarities and differences in their attitudes towards 'religion' and religious practice. A corpus of stamps on a 'religious' theme was created for stamps issued by both governm…
Son Chint’ae: Some Further Reflections on the Founder of Modern Korean Folklore Studies
Roger L. Janelli (1943–2021)
Roger L. Janelli was a pioneer figure in both folklore studies and Korean studies in the USA. Born in 1943 to an Italian-American family, Janelli was raised in the Bronx, New York City, and studied
Son Chint’ae and the Foundations of Modern Korean Folklore Studies
Although there were various antecedents, the academic discipline of folklore did not begin in Korea until the third decade of the twentieth century. The leading figure in the country’s development of the discipline is Son Chint’ae, who brought rigour to the methods of research and the collection of material; used a comparative method drawing on research from anthropology, ethnography, folklore, archaeology, and history; and saw ‘Korea’ in the bro…
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
The Liaozhai Zhiyi (聊 齋 誌 異) or Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a collection of tales of the ‘weird’ and the ‘strange’ from late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Qing China (1664–19
Folk Legends from Tono: Japan’s Spirits, Deities, and Phantastic Creatures
Folk Legends from Tono: Japan’s Spirits, Deities, and Phantastic Creatures." Folklore, 129(1), pp. 97–98
John Ross and Cultural Encounter: Translating Christianity in an East Asian Context
John Ross, a late nineteenth-century missionary of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland to Manchuria, was the effective founder of the Protestant Church in Korea through his translation of the New Testament into Korean. This article explores his work of translation by looking firstly at general issues in translating biblical texts into Korean, secondly at Ross's principles for translation, and thirdly how Ross actually conducted his transla…
Seven Demon Stories from Medieval Japan
Invading Mongols and the Preservation of Korean Traditions: The Monk Iryŏn and the Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms
In the thirteenth century, when the Kingdom of Koryŏ—a state ancestral to modern Korea—was threatened culturally as well as politically by Mongol invasion and domination, a leading monk of that era, Iryŏn, undertook to record the folklore of the ancient period, the era of the so-called Three Kingdoms, and to compile it into a major work. This effort might now be called ‘salvage folklore’, but the way in which Iryŏn conducted his research and anal…
The Handbook of Sociocultural Anthropology
Seeing the word ‘handbook’ on the cover of a book, the potential reader would be inclined to think that it was either an encyclopedia on the subject with a great number of entries on a wide range o
Tan’gun and Chumong: The Politics of Korean Foundation Myths
Foundation myths by definition are politically focused tales, describing the origin of nations, states, ruling dynasties, clans, and other consanguineal groups. The myths of Tan’gun and Chumong are the oldest extant foundation myths of Korea, but only the Myth of Tan’gun has had a continuous influence on the affirmation of Korean polities and nationalism for over a thousand years. This article explores why that has been the case
The Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature
The Demon at Agi Bridge, and Other Japanese Tales
Translated by Burton Watson, Haruo Shirane, New York: Columbia University Press, 2011, xiv +168 pp, Illus. £16.50 (pbk), ISBN 978-0-23115-245-7 The very subject of this book demonstrates the differ
The Cloak of Dreams: Chinese Fairy Tales
Bela Balazs, Translated and edited by Jack Zipes. Princeton, N.J. and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2010, xii +177 pp, Illus, $24.95/£16.95 (hbk), ISBN 978-0-691-14711-6 Anyone obtaining this
The Tale of Khun Chang Khun Phaen: Siam's Great Folk Epic of Love and War
Translated and edited by Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Silkworm Books, 2010., 2 vols. xiii + 970 pp. and ix + 460 pp, Illus. Maps, $100.00 (hbk), ISBN 978-9-749-51198-5
Empire and Local Worlds: A Chinese Model of Long-term Historical Anthropology
Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yōkai
By Michael Dylan Foster, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, xvii+291 pp., $55.00/£37.50 (hbk), $21.95/£14.95 (pbk), ISBN 978-0-520-25361-2 (hbk), ISBN 978-0-520-25362-9 (pbk) This stud
Wandering Spirits: Chen Shiyuan's Encyclopedia of Dreams
Folktales from the Japanese Countryside
Folktales from the Japanese Countryside. Told by Hiroko Fujita, Edited and with commentary by Fran Stallings, with Harold Wright and Miki Sakurai., Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2008, xxvii
Korea's Twentieth‐Century Odyssey: A Short History By Michael E. Robinson
Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History By Bruce Cumings
Everlasting Flower: A History of Korea By Keith Pratt
Japan's Colonization of Korea: Discourse and Power By Alexis Dudden
Susa-no-o: A culture hero from Korea
The Izumo area of Shimane Prefecture possesses one of the principal shrines of Shinto, the Izumo taisha, and a distinctive mythological tradition and ritual practice which is focused on Susa-no-o, brother of the sun goddess Amaterasu O-mikami, and which is different from the standard traditions concerning Susa-no-o contained in the Kojiki and the Nihon shoki . The mythic traditions of Shimane associated with Susa-no-o and references to him in anc…
Myths and Legends from Korea: An Annotated Compendium of Ancient and Modern Materials
Part 1 Introduction. Part 2 Foundation myths: introduction the myths of the ancient states of Korea Korean clan or royal clan origin myths foundation myths of the states of northeast Asia foundation myths and legends of northeast Asia comparison of northeast Asian foundation myths. Part 3 Legends and tales from the ancient period: etiological tales heroic tales edifying tales tales of magic adventurous and amusing tales. Part 4 Folktales from the…
The Handbook of Sociocultural Anthropology
Seeing the word ‘handbook’ on the cover of a book, the potential reader would be inclined to think that it was either an encyclopedia on the subject with a great number of entries on a wide range o
Tan’gun and Chumong: The Politics of Korean Foundation Myths
Foundation myths by definition are politically focused tales, describing the origin of nations, states, ruling dynasties, clans, and other consanguineal groups. The myths of Tan’gun and Chumong are the oldest extant foundation myths of Korea, but only the Myth of Tan’gun has had a continuous influence on the affirmation of Korean polities and nationalism for over a thousand years. This article explores why that has been the case
Son Chint’ae and the Foundations of Modern Korean Folklore Studies
Although there were various antecedents, the academic discipline of folklore did not begin in Korea until the third decade of the twentieth century. The leading figure in the country’s development of the discipline is Son Chint’ae, who brought rigour to the methods of research and the collection of material; used a comparative method drawing on research from anthropology, ethnography, folklore, archaeology, and history; and saw ‘Korea’ in the bro…
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
The Liaozhai Zhiyi (聊 齋 誌 異) or Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a collection of tales of the ‘weird’ and the ‘strange’ from late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Qing China (1664–19
Invading Mongols and the Preservation of Korean Traditions: The Monk Iryŏn and the Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms
In the thirteenth century, when the Kingdom of Koryŏ—a state ancestral to modern Korea—was threatened culturally as well as politically by Mongol invasion and domination, a leading monk of that era, Iryŏn, undertook to record the folklore of the ancient period, the era of the so-called Three Kingdoms, and to compile it into a major work. This effort might now be called ‘salvage folklore’, but the way in which Iryŏn conducted his research and anal…
Susa-no-o: A culture hero from Korea
The Izumo area of Shimane Prefecture possesses one of the principal shrines of Shinto, the Izumo taisha, and a distinctive mythological tradition and ritual practice which is focused on Susa-no-o, brother of the sun goddess Amaterasu O-mikami, and which is different from the standard traditions concerning Susa-no-o contained in the Kojiki and the Nihon shoki . The mythic traditions of Shimane associated with Susa-no-o and references to him in anc…
Ideology, religion, and the roots of nationalism: Two case studies of revitalization in late Koryo and Late Choson times
The Theory of Revitalization has been used to describe the emergence and development of religious movements which have as their raison d'être the revival and restoration of their cultures or societies. Generally, this theory has been applied to the analysis of small‐scale societies, but not to complex, state‐level societies. In this paper, the author takes two case examples from critical periods of Korean history to demonstrate in what ways the h…
Myths and Legends from Korea: An Annotated Compendium of Ancient and Modern Materials
Part 1 Introduction. Part 2 Foundation myths: introduction the myths of the ancient states of Korea Korean clan or royal clan origin myths foundation myths of the states of northeast Asia foundation myths and legends of northeast Asia comparison of northeast Asian foundation myths. Part 3 Legends and tales from the ancient period: etiological tales heroic tales edifying tales tales of magic adventurous and amusing tales. Part 4 Folktales from the…
Susa-no-o: A culture hero from Korea
The Izumo area of Shimane Prefecture possesses one of the principal shrines of Shinto, the Izumo taisha, and a distinctive mythological tradition and ritual practice which is focused on Susa-no-o, brother of the sun goddess Amaterasu O-mikami, and which is different from the standard traditions concerning Susa-no-o contained in the Kojiki and the Nihon shoki . The mythic traditions of Shimane associated with Susa-no-o and references to him in anc…
Japan's Colonization of Korea: Discourse and Power By Alexis Dudden
Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History By Bruce Cumings
Everlasting Flower: A History of Korea By Keith Pratt
Korea's Twentieth‐Century Odyssey: A Short History By Michael E. Robinson
Wandering Spirits: Chen Shiyuan's Encyclopedia of Dreams
Folktales from the Japanese Countryside
Folktales from the Japanese Countryside. Told by Hiroko Fujita, Edited and with commentary by Fran Stallings, with Harold Wright and Miki Sakurai., Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2008, xxvii
Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yōkai
By Michael Dylan Foster, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, xvii+291 pp., $55.00/£37.50 (hbk), $21.95/£14.95 (pbk), ISBN 978-0-520-25361-2 (hbk), ISBN 978-0-520-25362-9 (pbk) This stud
Empire and Local Worlds: A Chinese Model of Long-term Historical Anthropology
The Cloak of Dreams: Chinese Fairy Tales
Bela Balazs, Translated and edited by Jack Zipes. Princeton, N.J. and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2010, xii +177 pp, Illus, $24.95/£16.95 (hbk), ISBN 978-0-691-14711-6 Anyone obtaining this
The Tale of Khun Chang Khun Phaen: Siam's Great Folk Epic of Love and War
Translated and edited by Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Silkworm Books, 2010., 2 vols. xiii + 970 pp. and ix + 460 pp, Illus. Maps, $100.00 (hbk), ISBN 978-9-749-51198-5
The Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature
The Demon at Agi Bridge, and Other Japanese Tales
Translated by Burton Watson, Haruo Shirane, New York: Columbia University Press, 2011, xiv +168 pp, Illus. £16.50 (pbk), ISBN 978-0-23115-245-7 The very subject of this book demonstrates the differ
Tan’gun and Chumong: The Politics of Korean Foundation Myths
Foundation myths by definition are politically focused tales, describing the origin of nations, states, ruling dynasties, clans, and other consanguineal groups. The myths of Tan’gun and Chumong are the oldest extant foundation myths of Korea, but only the Myth of Tan’gun has had a continuous influence on the affirmation of Korean polities and nationalism for over a thousand years. This article explores why that has been the case
The Handbook of Sociocultural Anthropology
Seeing the word ‘handbook’ on the cover of a book, the potential reader would be inclined to think that it was either an encyclopedia on the subject with a great number of entries on a wide range o
John Ross and Cultural Encounter: Translating Christianity in an East Asian Context
John Ross, a late nineteenth-century missionary of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland to Manchuria, was the effective founder of the Protestant Church in Korea through his translation of the New Testament into Korean. This article explores his work of translation by looking firstly at general issues in translating biblical texts into Korean, secondly at Ross's principles for translation, and thirdly how Ross actually conducted his transla…
Seven Demon Stories from Medieval Japan
Invading Mongols and the Preservation of Korean Traditions: The Monk Iryŏn and the Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms
In the thirteenth century, when the Kingdom of Koryŏ—a state ancestral to modern Korea—was threatened culturally as well as politically by Mongol invasion and domination, a leading monk of that era, Iryŏn, undertook to record the folklore of the ancient period, the era of the so-called Three Kingdoms, and to compile it into a major work. This effort might now be called ‘salvage folklore’, but the way in which Iryŏn conducted his research and anal…
Son Chint’ae and the Foundations of Modern Korean Folklore Studies
Although there were various antecedents, the academic discipline of folklore did not begin in Korea until the third decade of the twentieth century. The leading figure in the country’s development of the discipline is Son Chint’ae, who brought rigour to the methods of research and the collection of material; used a comparative method drawing on research from anthropology, ethnography, folklore, archaeology, and history; and saw ‘Korea’ in the bro…
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
The Liaozhai Zhiyi (聊 齋 誌 異) or Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a collection of tales of the ‘weird’ and the ‘strange’ from late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Qing China (1664–19
Folk Legends from Tono: Japan’s Spirits, Deities, and Phantastic Creatures
Folk Legends from Tono: Japan’s Spirits, Deities, and Phantastic Creatures." Folklore, 129(1), pp. 97–98
Roger L. Janelli (1943–2021)
Roger L. Janelli was a pioneer figure in both folklore studies and Korean studies in the USA. Born in 1943 to an Italian-American family, Janelli was raised in the Bronx, New York City, and studied
Son Chint’ae: Some Further Reflections on the Founder of Modern Korean Folklore Studies
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