TY - JOUR
T1 - The reluctant Folklorist
T2 - Jon Y. Lee, Paul Radin, and the fieldwork process
AU - Buccitelli, Anthony Bak
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.
PY - 2014/9/1
Y1 - 2014/9/1
N2 - In the early 1930s, the anthropologist Paul Radin hired Jon Lee to collect Chinese American folk narratives in Oakland's Chinatown. These were later published as The Golden Mountain: Chinese Tales Told in California. Despite being lead fieldworker for the project, Lee's contributions have been largely overlooked. This paper examines Lee's important folkloristic work and opens up a wider discussion about the role that professional aspirations play in shaping the field methodologies of folklorists.
AB - In the early 1930s, the anthropologist Paul Radin hired Jon Lee to collect Chinese American folk narratives in Oakland's Chinatown. These were later published as The Golden Mountain: Chinese Tales Told in California. Despite being lead fieldworker for the project, Lee's contributions have been largely overlooked. This paper examines Lee's important folkloristic work and opens up a wider discussion about the role that professional aspirations play in shaping the field methodologies of folklorists.
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U2 - 10.1353/jaf.2014.0068
DO - 10.1353/jaf.2014.0068
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84911406277
SN - 0021-8715
VL - 127
SP - 400
EP - 424
JO - Journal of American Folklore
JF - Journal of American Folklore
IS - 506
ER -