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  • “Felling the Ancient Sweetgum”: Antiphonal Folk Epics of the Miao of Southeast Guizhou
  • Mark Bender
Mark Bender
Ohio State University

Footnotes

* The zhou is a geographical unit smaller than a region or province, but comprises several prefectures or xian. Editor’s note.

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