Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife

[3 Volumes]

Bibliographic Data

ID19904597
EditorsJonathan H X Lee, Kathleen Nadeau
Year2010
Publication date2010-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueEncyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherABC-CLIO, LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5040/9798400615092
OpenAlexW567667429
ISBN9798400615092
LanguageEN
Citations received10

This comprehensive compilation of entries documents the origins, transmissions, and transformations of Asian American folklore and folklife. Equally instructive and intriguing, theEncyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklifeprovides an illuminating overview of Asian American folklore as a way of life. Surveying the histories, peoples, and cultures of numerous Asian American ethnic and cultural groups, the work covers everything from ancient Asian folklore, folktales, and folk practices that have been transmitted and transformed in America to new expressions of Asian American folklore and folktales unique to the Asian American historical and contemporary experiences. The encyclopedia's three comprehensive volumes cover an extraordinarily wide range of Asian American cultural and ethnic groups, as well as mixed-race and mixed-heritage Asian Americans. Each group section is introduced by a historical overview essay followed by short entries on topics such as ghosts and spirits, clothes and jewelry, arts and crafts, home decorations, family and community, religious practices, rituals, holidays, music, foodways, literature, traditional healing and medicine, and much, much more. Topics and theories are examined from crosscultural and interdisciplinary perspectives to add to the value of the work

Archaeology · Art · Encyclopedia · Folklife · Folklore · Library science · Sociology · Anthropology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Computer Science · History

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