Bloodworth, Dennis.
The Chinese Looking Glass.
New York, 1966.
An illuminating book about China and what makes its people tick. Fascinating.
Bonavia, David.
The Chinese
. New York, 1980.
A fascinating and intimate view of a people caught up in the most massive revolution in history.
Butterfield, Fox.
China Alive in the Bitter Sea
. New York, 1982.
Through anecdotes and profiles, Butterfield reexamines many of the clichés about China.
Dundee, Alan, ed.
The Study of Folklore.
New Jersey, 1965.
A collection of essays on folklore. This informative and insightful book will prove helpful to the classroom teacher.
Dyer, Thiselton T. F.
Folklore of Women.
Chicago, 1960.
An examination of proverbs about women that have come from different cultures.
Kingston, Maxine Hong.
The Woman Warrior
. New York, 1976.
A first generation Chinese American woman’s account of her mother’s life in China in the 1920s.
Spence, Jonathan D.
The Gate of Heavenly Peace The Chinese and their Revolution, 1895-1980.
New York, 1981.
This informative book follows the story of the Chinese revolution from the 1800s to the present.
Von Franz, Marie Louen.
Problems of the Feminine in Folktales
. New York, 1972.
This book examines women as symbols in literature from a psychological perspective.