Folk Traditions in Modern Society
Contents
Acknowledgements
Pekka Hakamies: Folk traditions in modern society. Introduction
Barbro Klein: Folk traditions and the modern world
Vibeke B？rdahl: Chinese storytelling – transmission, performance, preservation. The case of Yangzhou pinghua
Rüdiger Breuer: Role Model or Cultural Construct? – The Ming/Qing Period
Storyteller Liu Jingting and his Representation in Modern Contexts
Anne McLaren: Recovering the folk epics of the Shanghai hinterland. The story of Shen Qige
Yin Hubin: The Paradigm Shift of Epic Studies in China
Adil Zhumaturdu: Characteristics of the Kirghiz epic performer manaschi in Akchi County Xinjiang China 4965 words
Sirkka Saarinen: The Epic Tradition in Modern Mordvin Society (Russia)
Sisko Ylimartimo: Rasta-haired V？in？m？inen and Other Beings in their Peculiar World
Humour and Intertextuality in Our Kalevala
Pertti Anttonen: The Kalevala epic in modern Finland. An issue of textualization and representation
Pekka Hakamies: Soviet Modernization and the Changing role of Folk Festivals in Karelian Folk Culture
Notes on contributors
