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Because of the increasing interest in the ethnic minorities of China and continuous efforts from scholars such as Yang Quan, Guoqiao Zheng, Minwen Deng, Yaohong Long, Norman Geary, and Jerold Edmondson, many aspects of Kam culture, including Kam language, history, social structure, architectural traditions, music, and oral literature have been revealed by a veritable explosion of new information since 1980s. Of special significance are the inclusion of Kam Grand Song into the list of UNESCO’s World Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2006, and Amy Tan’s fascinating personal encounter with Kam culture as revealed in her fascinating piece of work Village on the Edge of Time (2008), which attracts tremendous public attention.
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Yang, T. (2017). Introduction. In: A Grammar of Kam Revealed in Its Narrative Discourse. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2263-0_1
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