Constructing Myth in Modern China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3649415 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robin Mcneal (0009-0001-5248-9229, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 679-704 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9118 • E-ISSN: 1752-0401 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021911812000630 |
| OpenAlex | W2150728900 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 4 |
This study presents an overview of attempts by Chinese literati during the twentieth century to articulate a coherent Chinese mythology, primarily based on ancient texts but eventually to some extent drawing from ethnographic materials and folklore as well, and all much beholden to Western examples such as Greek and Norse mythology. This examination of text-based activities sets the stage for an inquiry into a wave of monument building during the Reform Era, much of which has celebrated China's ancient myth, history, and legend. A recent park in Wuhan dedicated to the legendary sage ruler and conqueror of floods, Yu the Great, serves as a case study of how, over the last three decades, old Chinese myths have been inscribed on the new Chinese landscape, and allows exploration of this phenomenon in relation to deeper issues concerning the role of myth in Chinese society, particularly its unexpected marriage with modernity
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Art history · China · Folklore · Inscribed figure · Legend · Literature · Modernity · Mythology · Phenomenon · Political science · Ruler · Chinese history and philosophy · Classics · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Philosophy
Return of Myth, Myth Resources, and the Contemporaneity of Mythology in Korea and China Today
In Search of National Ancestors
The Vibrant Afterlives of Ancient Chinese Mythology
The Three Gorges Dam and the demiurges
Creating Myth in the Regions
Spirit Possession, Family Issues, and the Revelation of Gods’ Biographies
The Blue Frontier
Social and Political Criticisms Embedded in Chinese Myths and Legends
Reasoning about nature’s agency and design in the cultural context of China
Xiuzhen (Immortality Cultivation) Fantasy
| Citations per year | 0.83 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |