WELCOME TO A FOLKLORIST'S HOMEPAGE
ON FOLKLOR STUDIES

by Juwen Zhang

More about me:

 

I was a student at these schools:

University of Pennsylvania (M.A.; Ph.D. in Folklore & Folklife); Dartmouth College (MALS Program); and Liaoning University (BA in English).

I have taught at these schools:

Here are some of my publications:

2008. Semi-Scholar. (pdf file, to be published.)

2007. "Toward Folkloristic Studies of Film and Folklore." Minsu Yanjiu (Folklore Studies) (1):16-31. (In Chinese)

2006a. "Chinese Abroad." In The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife. Vol. 4. Edited by William M. Clements. Westport, CT: The Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. Vol. 2, pp.233-245.

2006b. "Recognizing the Rite of Margin in the Model of Rites of Passage." Minjian Wenhua Luntan (Forum on Folk Culture, China) (3):25-37. (In Chinese)

2005a. "Filmic Folklore and Chinese Cultural Identity." Western Folklore 63-4 (Summer & Fall 2005): 263-80. (Special Issue: Film and Folklore).

2005b. "Minsuxue Yingshi (Folkloristic Film), Yingshi Minsu (Filmic Folklore)." Minjian Wenhua Luntan (Forum on Folk Culture, China) (6):103-4. (In Chinese).

2004. A Translation of the Ancient Chinese 'The Book of Burial (Zang Shu)' by Guo Pu (276-324). Translated with an Introduction. Lewiston: The Edwin Mellen Press.

2000a. The Interpretation of Dreams in Chinese Culture. New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill. Co-author.

1997. "Scholar Objects and Folk Beliefs." In Treasures of the Chinese Scholar. Edited by Fang Jing Pei. New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill. Pp. 23-26.

1998-99. "American Folklore Scholarship at the Dawn of the 21st Century." Guangdong Minsu (Guangdong Folklore; Chinese) 4:33-37 (1998); 1:42-46 (1999).

1991. A Practical Database for College English Test: Computer Software with a Handbook. Shenyang: Liaoning University Press.
 
1988c. "An Effective Method for Teaching English." Journal of Liaoning University.

Translations (into Chinese):

2005c. Sharon Sherman. "Focusing In: Film and the Survial of Folklreo Studies in the 21st Century." Minjian Wenhua Luntan (Forum on Folk Culture, China) (6):51-61.
2000b. Dan Ben-Amos. "'Context' in Context." Minsu Yanjiu, 1, 2000.
 
2000c. Roger D. Abrahams. "After New Perspectives: Folklore Study in the Late Twentieth Century. Guangdong Minsu (Guangdong Folklore; Folk Custom in Guangdong), (1):23-26, 55; (2):32-36.
 
2000d. Richard M. Dorson . "Is There a Folk in the City?" Minsu Yanjiu (Folklore Studies, China) 4(56).
 
1998. Dan Ben-Amos. "Toward a Definition of Folklore in Context." Minsu Yanjiu (4):11-19.
 
1988a. Carl G. Jung. Man and His Symbols. Co-translator. Shenyang: Liaoning Education Press.
 
1988b. A. Peccei. The Human Quality. Translation-editor. Shenyang: Liaoning University Press.
 
1986. Lee Iacocca. Lee Iacocca: Autobiography . A series in The Northeast Economic Journal, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.  June - Sept.
 
1984. Dan Ben-Amos. "The Concept of Motif in Folklore." In A Collection of Essays on Folk Literature and Arts. Shenyang: Liaoning Association for Folk Literature and Arts.

 


Created on August 25, 2002. Updated on April 20, 2008, by Juwen Zhang (c)