Collecting Flowers, Defining a Genre: Zhang Yaxiong and the Anthology of Hua'er Folksongs

Sue Tuohy

DOI:10.2979/JFOLKRESE.55.1.05

Corpus ID: 149828761

Collecting Flowers, Defining a Genre: Zhang Yaxiong and the Anthology of Hua'er Folksongs

@article{Tuohy2018CollectingFD,
  title={Collecting Flowers, Defining a Genre: Zhang Yaxiong and the Anthology of Hua'er Folksongs},
  author={Sue Tuohy},
  journal={Journal of Folklore Research},
  year={2018},
  volume={55},
  pages={113 - 148}
}

Sue Tuohy

Published 2018

Sociology

Journal of Folklore Research

Abstract:In the early twentieth century, Zhang Yaxiong, a reporter from northwest China, began research on songs from his native region, and in 1940, published the first nationally-circulated anthology of hua'er songs. His work was central to promoting the idea of hua'er as a genre of folksong, as a multiethnic and regional tradition, and as a valuable part of a broader Chinese artistic tradition. It contributed to the establishment of the field of hua'er studies and to today's public… CONTINUE READING

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