By Shiamin Kwa,Wilt L. Idema
The legend of Mulan--the daughter who disguises herself as a guy, dons her father's armor, and heads off to warfare in his place--remains essentially the most renowned chinese language folktales regardless of (or due to) its loss of supernatural demonstrations or interventions.
This quantity deals vigorous translations of the earliest recorded model of the legend and several other later iterations of the story (including the screenplay of the highly winning 1939 chinese language movie Mulan Joins the Army), illustrating the various ways in which reinterpretations of this uncomplicated tale replicate centuries of adjustments in chinese language cultural, political, and sexual attitudes.
An advent lines the evolution of the Mulan legend and its value within the background of chinese language pop culture. Annotation explaining phrases and references unusual to Western readers, a word list, and a finished bibliography additional increase the worth of this quantity for either students and students.
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