Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Beijing Rap
Students in my Chinese Literature in Translation (CHIN 347) will recognize the name of Victor Mair. Professor Mair is a professor of Chinese language and literature at the University of Pennsylvania and the editor of the The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature
, the text we use in our course. In this entry on the blog "Language Log" hosted at UPenn, Professor Mair posts and comments on the language and culture of a rap video entitled "Beijing Natives." Language students will enjoy the complete transcription and translation Mair and his colleagues have provided.