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Kozar, Seana.

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Unmasking a "Sitting Ghost": A cross-generic exploration of the Chinese heroine in stories told by Chinese in Newfoundland.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Unmasking a "Sitting Ghost": A cross-generic exploration of the Chinese heroine in stories told by Chinese in Newfoundland./
Author:	Kozar, Seana.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 1993,
Description:	306 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 32-05, page: 1289.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International32-05.
Subject:	Folklore. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=MM86653
ISBN:	9780315866539

Unmasking a "Sitting Ghost": A cross-generic exploration of the Chinese heroine in stories told by Chinese in Newfoundland.
Kozar, Seana.

Unmasking a "Sitting Ghost": A cross-generic exploration of the Chinese heroine in stories told by Chinese in Newfoundland. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1993 - 306 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 32-05, page: 1289.

Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada), 1993.

This thesis is a cross-generic examination of the heroine in Chinese folklore and how the narrative tradition surrounding that figure is symbolic of the traditional roles and expectations placed upon Chinese women both from past and present generations. The heroine's existence and actions are defined by the parameters of her cultural context, and her final placement or displacement with respect to her society is at least partially predicated upon her decision to either stay within or to transcend her boundaries. This dilemma appears to be not unknown to many contemporary Chinese women and the narratives have survived and are transmitted today, though sometimes as part of a private, or "underground" tradition.

ISBN: 9780315866539Subjects--Topical Terms:

528224
Folklore.

Unmasking a "Sitting Ghost": A cross-generic exploration of the Chinese heroine in stories told by Chinese in Newfoundland.
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