Butterflies and Dragon-Eagles: Processing Epics from Southwest China

• Issue: Volume 27, Number 1
• Author(s): Mark Bender
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• Citation: http://journal.oraltradition.org/issues/27i/bender

Abstract

In the mountains of southwest China, epic narratives are part of the traditional performance-scapes of many ethnic minority cultures. In some cases locals participate in the preservation of oral or oral-connected epics from their respective areas. This article discusses the dynamics of acquiring and translating texts from two major ethnic minority groups in cooperation with local tradition-bearers, poets, and scholars.

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