The route of Yang Yinliu’s survey in summer 1956.

This series of posts suggests varying perspectives on changing society and expressive culture in Hunan province:

Confucian ritual in Hunan https://stephenjones.blog/2019/03/28/hunan-confucian-ritual/

A 1956 fieldtrip to Hunan https://stephenjones.blog/2019/03/11/hunan-1956/

The extensive field survey led by the great Yang Yinliu over summer 1956:

• diverse folk traditions, and
• The Confucian ritual of Liuyang.

Major fieldwork since the 1980s on local Daoist ritual:

• Daoist ritual in Hunan
• Ritual and masked drama in Hunan.

Migration and cultural responses to the famine that followed the Great Leap Backward:

• Famine and expressive culture.

For the mass murders of 1967, see Ian Johnson’s book Sparks, chapter 11.

The documentaries of Jiang Nengjie on left-behind children and the perils of mining:

• Social issues in rural Hunan.

As ever, I’d love to see all these perspectives integrated.