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Now Published: Volume 8 – Issue 12 – IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies

IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies: Volume 8 – Issue 2 Editor-in-Chief: Holger Briel, Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (UIC), China Published: December 30, 2023 ISSN: 2187-4905 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.8.2 Dear Readers, If a few issues ago I had expressed the hope that there might be a let-up of crises for humanity in the

Welcome to Volume 8 Issue 2 of the IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies

Dear Readers, If a few issues ago I had expressed the hope that there might be a let-up of crises for humanity in the cards, the last few months have taught us otherwise. If anything, existing crises have intensified or stretched to incorporate even more inhabitants of this planet. Besides the immeasurable pain and suffering

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Folklore Goes to War: Folksongs, Yangge and Storytelling in Communist Bases during the Second Sino-Japanese War

Author: Selina Gao, Murray State University, USA Email: sgao2@murraystate.edu Published: December 30, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.8.2.03 Citation: Gao, S. (2023). Folklore Goes to War: Folksongs, Yangge and Storytelling in Communist Bases during the Second Sino-Japanese War, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.8.2.03 Abstract All across the world, folklore studies are often closely tied to the emergence of modern nation states and

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IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies: Volume 8 – Issue 2

IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies: Volume 8 – Issue 2 Editor-in-Chief: Holger Briel, Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (UIC), China Published: December 30, 2023 ISSN: 2187-4905 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.8.2 Editor’s Introduction Welcome to this issue of the IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies Holger Briel, Editor-in-Chief, IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies Articles “Blame it