Giovanni Stary, Selected Manchu Studies : Contributions to History, Literature, and Shamanism of the Manchus , Hartmut Walravens (ed.).
Studien zur Sprache, Geschichte und Kultur der Türkvölker , Band 17
Berlin : KS, Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 2013.
In English, with nine contributions in German and three in Italian.
352 pages
ISBN 9783879974252
78.00 €
Giovanni
Stary is an outstanding specialist in Manchu Studies. Till his recent
retirement he held the chair of Manchu at the University
of Venice (Italy). Stary covered many fields,
especially literature, shamanism, history.
He convinced scholars that Manchu was not just a dead language but had merits
of its own and deserved to be recognized as an independent discipline. Besides focusing on the early history of the Manchus and Manchu indigenous
literature, he discovered the literature of the Sibe, Manchus in Xinjiang's Ili
region, which are officially regarded as a separate minority in China.
Of his many publications a selection is offered in this volume (in German,
English or Italian) . They supplement his monographs and comprise the latest
results of his research. With index.