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Table of Contents

Preface . . xiii
Acknowledgments . . xv
Chinese Units of Measure . . xvii

"I Sit Here and Sing for You": The Oral Literature of China . . 1

1. Folk Stories and Other Spoken Traditions . . 13
A Ginseng Tale from Jilin . . 16
A Folk Story of the Daur . . 20
Folk Stories from the Tai Lue of Sipsongpanna . . 29
A Folk Story in "Funeral Lament Lyrics" of the Luo People, Yunnan . . 39
A Story from the Nuosu of Sichuan . . 43
Tales of Dragons . . 48
A Mosuo Story from Lake Lugu . . 53
A Story of the Pumi of Yunnan . . 56
Folk Stories of the Uyghur . . 58
A Tu Folk Story . . 65
A Tale of the Amis . . 69
Stories of Tu Ritual . . 75
A Namzi Tale . . 81
Namzi Riddles . . 83
Tibetan Flirting Words and Tongue Twisters . . 84

2. Folk Song Traditions . . 90
Flower Songs from Northwestern China . . 93
Kazakh Marriage Songs of Lament and Sorrow . . 100
Qing Dynasty Mountain Songs . . 115
Folk Songs from Jiangsu Province . . 124
Saltwater Songs of Hong Kong . . 145
Songs of the Mindong She People . . 148
Mountain Songs from Liuzhou, Guangxi (Interethnic) . . 158
A Sani Ballad . . 166
Two Folk Songs of the Dong (Gaem) People . . 169
Songs of the Tu . . 174
Mountain Songs . . 174
Folk Song . . 177

3. Folk Ritual . . 179
A Chaoxian Lunar New Year Exorcism Ritual . . 182
Manchu Shaman Songs from Northeastern China . . 184
A Wa Soul-Calling Chant . . 190
A Lahu Marriage Prayer . . 193
Yi Chants from Chuxiong Prefecture, Yunnan . . 198
A Nuosu Myth from Sichuan . . 203

4. The Epic Traditions . . 213
An Excerpt from the Epic Geser Khan . . 216
Introductory Cantos from the Mongol Epic Jangar . . 222
A Daur Ballad . . 232
Selections from a Yi Epic . . 236
A Tradition-Oriented Yao Creation Epic . . 244
Two Miao (Hmong) Song Flowers . . 276

5. Folk Drama . . 279
Hand-Puppet Theater . . 282
A Postmidnight Shadow Play from Shaanxi . . 288
A Rice-Planting Drama . . 295
A Local Drama from Shaoxing . . 303

6. Professional Story telling Traditions of the North and South . . 309
Northern Prosimetric . . 314
A Medley Song from Northern China . . 314
An Anonymous Work from the Tune Book of the Manor House of Lord Che . . 326
An Oral-Connected Drum Song from the Tune Book of the Manor House of Lord Che . . 353
"The Precious Scroll of Chenxiang" . . 380
A Peking Drum Song . . 406
A Peking Drum Song . . 413
An Excerpt from journey to the West in Fast Bamboo Clapper-Tale Style . . 420
Two Shandong Fast Tales . . 429
Two Versions of "Wu Song Fights the Tiger" from the Yangzhou Pinghua Tradition . . 433
Southern Prosimetric . . 472
Hangzhou Storytelling and Songs . . 472
Jingjiang "Telling Scriptures" from the San Mao Precious Scrolls . . 479
An Eighteenth-Century Version of "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" from Suzhou . . 503
An Excerpt from a "Women's Chantefable" . . 552
A Suzhou Chantefable Opening Ballad . . 563
A Suzhou Chantefable Classic from Pearl Pagoda . . 565
A Suzhou Chantefable from the 1950s . . 585
A Wooden-Fish Song . . 604
An Excerpt from a Great Volumes Script of the Bai People, Yunnan . . 609
An Excerpt from a Great Volumes Script of the Bai People, Yunnan . . 614

Further Reading . . 619
Contributors and Translators . . 627

List of Figures . . ix
List of Tables . . xi
Illustrations of Chinese Protest from Qing Times to Present (photo insert between pages 134 and 135)
Preface . . xiii

INTRODUCTION . . 1
1 MARKET EXPANSION, STATE CENTRALIZATION, AND NEO-CONFUCIANISM IN QING CHINA . . 21
2 DOCUMENTING THE THREE WAVES OF MiD-QiNG PROTEST . . 47
3 FILIAL-LOYAL DEMONSTRATIONS, 1740-1759 . . 68
4 RIOTS INTO REBELLION, 1776-1795 . . 102
5 RESISTANCE AND PETITIONS, 1820-1839 . . 135
6 MIO-QING PROTESTS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE . . 168
EPILOGUE: THE PAST IN THE PRESENT . . 194

Notes . . 203
References . . 209
Glossary . . 231
Index . . 237

Credits xliii
Contributors xlv
Preface liii
Chapter 1. Introduction: Publishing in Today's Digital Era I
Chapter 2. The Technical Infrastructure 32
Chapter 3. Markup: XML & Related Technologies 65
Chapter 4. Organizing, Editing, & Linking Content 155
Chapter 5. Data Capture & Conversion 179
Chapter 6. Composition, Design, & Graphics 219
Chapter 7. Accessibility 325
Chapter 8. Digital Printing 369
Charter 9. Multimedia Publishing 393
Chapter 10. Content Management & Web Publishing 418
Chapter 11. Electronic Books & the Open eBook Publication Structure 455
Chapter 12. Archiving 521
Chapter 13. The Legal Framework: Copyright & TrademarK 540
Chapter 14. International Issues 587
Chapter 15. Digital Rights Management 616
Glossary 667
Bibliography 709
Index 719

List of Illustrations and Tables . . ix
Preface . . xi

Introduction: From "Tank Man" to China's New Patriots . . 1
1. Historical Memory, Identity, and Politics . . 17
2. Chosen Glory, Chosen Trauma . . 39
3. From "All-Under-Heaven" to a Nation-State: National Humiliation and Nation Building . . 71
4. From Victor to Victim: The Patriotic Education Campaign . . 95
5. From Vanguard to Patriot: Reconstructing the Chinese Communist Party . . 119
6. From Earthquake to Olympics: New Trauma, New Glory . . 143
7. Itemory, Crises, and Foreign Relations . . 163
8. Memory, Textbooks, and Sino-Japanese Reconciliation . . 203
9. Memory, Nationalism, and China's Rise . . 221

Acknowledgments . . 243
Notes . . 245
Bibliography . . 267
Index . . 279

Acknowledgments . . xi
Abbreviations . . xvii

Introduction - The Death Fast Struggle and the Weaponization of Life . . 1
Chapter 1 Biosovereignty and Necroresistance . . 37
Chapter 2 Crisis of Sovereignty . . 87
Chapter 3 The Biosovereign Assemblage and Its Tactics . . 125
Chapter 4 Prisoners in Revolt . . 163
Chapter 5 Marxism, Martyrdom, Memory . . 223
Chapter 6 Contentions Within Necroresistance . . 271
Conclusion - From Chains to Bodies . . 327

Notes . . 351
Bibliography . . 411
Index . . 459