A Companion to Folklore presents an original and comprehensive collection of essays from international experts in the field of folklore studies. Unprecedented in depth and scope, this state-of-the-art collection uniquely displays the vitality of folklore research across the globe. * An unprecedented collection of original, state of the art essays on folklore authored by international experts * Examines the practices and theoretical approaches developed to understand the phenomena of folklore* Considers folklore in the context of multi-disciplinary topics that include poetics, performance, religious practice, myth, ritual and symbol, oral textuality, history, law, politics and power as well as the social base of folklore

《史诗〈江格尔〉校勘新译》由导论、正文和名词索引三部分组成。
导论用汉文和托忒蒙文写成，包括《江格尔》产生的历史文化原由；《江格尔》之源流；《江格尔》主人公生活原型及其历史背景；《江格尔》研究主要论著及其学者；《江格尔》之国内外主要版本槪述五部分。对1804年以来国际上《江格尔》搜集、整理、出版、研究和翻译工作做了科学的总结，给研究者提供了具有导向意义的论点和独到见解。
正文共二十五章，包括托忒蒙文、拉丁文转写、汉译文等。这二十五章的故事情节均是从中、蒙 、俄三国《江格尔》的各种文本（包括以前没有出版的手写本和录音带） 中挑选校勘的精品。
用托忒蒙文、拉丁文、汉文所写或翻译的二十五章故亊，每一章的开头都分别用蒙文、英文、汉文附有内容梗槪，每一章的结尾都有疑难名词、典故和历史人物、地名的注释。全书附有用蒙、汉两种文字编排的名词索引，以便读者査对。
该书导论对《江格尔》进行了更加深入的研究。二十五章故事分别用多种文字合璧编排，为读者和研究者提供了极大的方便。

It is commonly agreed by linguists and anthropologists that the majority of languages spoken now around the globe will likely disappear within our lifetime. The phenomenon known as language death has started to accelerate as the world has grown smaller. This extinction of languages, and the knowledge therein, has no parallel in human history. K. David Harrison's book is the first to focus on the essential question, what is lost when a language dies? What forms of knowledge are embedded in a language's structure and vocabulary? And how harmful is it to humanity that such knowledge is lost forever? Harrison spans the globe from Siberia, to North America, to the Himalayas and elsewhere, to look at the human knowledge that is slowly being lost as the languages that express it fade from sight. He uses fascinating anecdotes and portraits of some of these languages' last remaining speakers, in order to demonstrate that this knowledge about ourselves and the world is inherently precious and once gone, will be lost forever. This knowledge is not only our cultural heritage (oral histories, poetry, stories, etc.) but very useful knowledge about plants, animals, the seasons, and other aspects of the natural world--not to mention our understanding of the capacities of the human mind.Harrison's book is a testament not only to the pressing issue of language death, but to the remarkable span of human knowledge and ingenuity. It will fascinate linguists, anthropologists, and general readers.

This text explores the traditions of folk music in rural China. Musicians performing folk ceremonies in villages still practice traditions handed down from temples and courts of imperial times. It illustrates these folk traditions, from plangent shawm bands to the more mellifluous string ensemble.

Part I: Animal Tales, Tales of Magic, Religious Tales, and Realistic Tales, with an Introduction.

This work is a milestone in Zhuang studies. It has a wide potential readership, and is set to make an impact across the fields of anthropology, religious studies, comparative literature, linguistics, and history. It will begin to redress the near total lack of Western-language sources dealing with the Zhuang people. It focues on the ancient practice of buffalo sacrifice, and also provides a wealth of background material on Zhuang cultural history. --Anthony Diller, Australian National University
The author has done a magnificent job of making an important cultural artefact accessible. Historians, East and West, will find in it arguments for the contribution that the non-Han peoples of the southern reaches of China made to Han language and culture. This is an important work, and the research methods brought to it are a model of the highest caliber. --John Hartmann, foreign language and literature professor, Northern Illinois University