北大民俗论坛通告

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北京大学人类学与民俗研究中心
北京大学中文系民间文学教研室

北大民俗论坛之二

演讲人：张举文博士
讲题：: Chinese/Asian American Folklore and Identity Studies in the USA
            
时间：2007年12月5日下午3：00－5：00
地点：北京大学社会学系会议室（法学楼2层）

演讲人简介：张举文，美国宾夕法尼亚大学人类学系博士，美国崴莱大学东亚研究中心主任，美国民俗学会亚洲分会会长
主持人：高丙中，北京大学社会学系教授


联系人：
朱晓阳，北京大学社会学系，62755449，xiaoyangzhu2002@yahoo.com.cn
陈连山，北京大学中文系，62758396，clshy@pku.edu.cn
叶涛，中国民俗学会，13693219029，yetao1963@163.com



民俗论坛之一：美国民俗学会会长艾伟教授，“The Three Sectors of U.S. Folklore”，2007年12月5日，9－11点，北师大主楼7层
民俗论坛之三：Dr. Robert Baron and Dr. Nicholas Spitzer，Public Folklore的两位编者，主题是“公共民俗（学）的历史、议题与挑战”，2008年1月14日上午9－12点，北大法学楼二层社会学系会议室

Chinese/Asian American Folklore and Identity Studies in the USA.   

Juwen Zhang

Since the studies of ethnic identity become a topic in academic circle in the USA in 1950s, American folklorists have been treating identity as the very core of folklore studies.  In fact, since the establishment of American Folklore Society in 1888, the goals for folklorists were largely “ethnic” and “racial,” though the “low” “folks” were the accepted concepts.  With the particular ethnic and racial complex in the USA, Chinese descendents or Chinese Americans have played a unique role because of their history marked by the notorious Exclusion Act and because of rising role of China in all aspects of American life.  In fact, Asians have demonstrated a different history of migration from that of the Europeans and Africans.  For example, the Japanese experienced the Internment during the WWII, and a large influx of refuges from Southeast Asian occurred in 1970s.  In the current global migration and trade, Asian cultures and peoples have gained increasing importance in the USA.  Within this broad context, how are the Chinese/Asian Americans maintaining their folklore and folklife in cross-cultural interactions in the USA?  How is their folklore playing a role in the construction of their ethnic and cultural identities?  How is the situation of the studies of Chinese and/or Asian American folklore?  
This talk will provide a brief discussion of these issues, and, specifically, discuss some examples of the role of folklore in the political and cultural struggles in some Chinese communities.  For example, the Chinese funeral rituals in Philadelphia, the rebuilding of a Chinese cemetery in Portland, and the installation and dismantlement of a dragon sculpture in a Chinatown.  From these studies, I will share some ideas that I have tried to think through, that is, the “validity” and “vitality” of traditions, “ownership” and “right” in using and sharing traditions in cross-cultural contexts.   

匪兵甲

早就应该搞这么个论坛了。
期待多一些有趣的人物和话题。

ashleyli

请问外校的学生可以旁听么？

淇园之竹

顶一个！！！