The Eternal Storyteller: Oral Literature in Modern China
More than thirty years later
her creative approach to familiar sources offers surprising results and
is the rich and entertaining story of the life of Phloi and her family
Siam’s great folk epic The Tale of Khun Chang Khun Phaen has entertained and delighted readers and audiences down through the centuries
Gender Politics in Asia: Women Manoeuvring with Dominant Gender Orders Cultural heritage The Eternal Storyteller: Oral LiteratureEdited by Wil Burghoorn, Kazuki Iwanaga, Cecilia Milwertz & Qi Wang 2008, 221 pp, 15x23 cm. This book demonstrates the great diversity in gender politics and womens strategies to negotiate and change gender relations individually or collectively. It examines cultural complexities of gender by focusing on gender politics in Asia, with case studies from China, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia. It examines multiple aspects of