Transforming Gender and Emotion : The Butterfly Lovers Story in China and Korea /
Often called China's "Romeo and Juliet", the story of the Butterfly Lovers (the tale of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, or the Liang-Zhu story) is one of the most famous folk stories in traditional China. With its origins dating back to the fourth century, it has spread and evolved acro...
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction. Liang-Zhu: More Than Just a Love Story
- 1. Stories in Transit: From Local Legend to Butterfly Lovers
- 2. Adventures in a Male Space: Troubled Gender and Sexuality
- 3. Between Women and Men: Friendship vs. Love
- 4. From Sorrowful Separation to Convivial Excursion: The Aesthetics and Poetics of a Parting Journey
- 5. Transformation and Deification: Butterflies, Souls, and Cross-Cultural Incarnations
- Epilogue. The Interconnected Worlds of Liang-Zhu
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.