Calligraphy and Power in Contemporary Chinese Society
Series: Anthropology of Asia;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 12 January 2005
- ISBN 9780415317535
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages240 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 600 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 2 Illustrations, black & white; 13 Line drawings, black & white 0
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Short description:
This unusual and interesting book is an account of the world of Chinese writing. It examines Chinese space and the political and social use of writing as propaganda, a publicity booster and as a ladder for social climbing.
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This unusual and interesting book is a fascinating account of the world of Chinese writing. It examines Chinese space and the political and social use of writing as propaganda, a publicity booster and as a ladder for social climbing.
'This is a very good book. Yen is both insightful in her analysis of the sources and implications of the aura of Chinese writing and careful in her discussions of how people think about characters.' - China Journal
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements Introduction: The Abode of Calligraphic Inscriptions 1. Dances with Power: Public Calligraphy and its Social Effects 2. Becoming a Person Through Wen 3. Handwriting and Personhood 4. Body-Person Engineering: Brush Techniques and Calligraphic Composition 5. Brush Work: Alternative Bodybuilding 6. Ideograms and Knowledge 7. Characters Reloaded Bibliography Glossary
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