FOLKTALES AND REALITY - THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF RACE IN CHINESE TALES

Authors
KONG L GOH E
Citation
L. Kong et E. Goh, FOLKTALES AND REALITY - THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF RACE IN CHINESE TALES, Area, 27(3), 1995, pp. 261-267
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Geografhy
Journal title
Area → ACNP
ISSN journal
00040894
Volume
27
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
261 - 267
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-0894(1995)27:3<261:FAR-TS>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
This paper illustrates how folktales are a repository of primary mater ial for the geographer. Using the example of The Strange Tales of Liao zhai, we discuss how these tales are not purely fictive constructs but constitute instead fictive, historical and projected realities. As an example of the value of such analysis, we discuss Chinese constructio ns of race as revealed in the tales.