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(Re)mediation of memory in folk epics: The case of the Chuxiong Yi’s Meige in Southwest China

Memory Studies

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Abstract

Memory Studies, Ahead of Print.
This study examines the transition ofMeige(Méi Gě, 梅葛) – an orally transmitted folk epic style of the Yi community in Chuxiong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, Southwest China – from ‘communicative memory’ to ‘cultural memory’. Applying Erll and Rigney’s ...