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  • 1
    Book
    Book
    London [u.a.] : RoutledgeCurzon
    UID:
    gbv_37986469X
    Format: VIII, 221 S , Ill
    Edition: 1st ed
    ISBN: 0415317533
    Series Statement: Anthropology of Asia series
    Content: "Drawing on both written material and on ethnography of popular conceptions, this book aims to show that calligraphy and writing in China is a highly empowered cultural form through which power is articulated, social relations lubricated, deep knowledge extracted and one's relationship with the world is interpreted, ultimately indicating and formulating Chinese personhood."--Jacket
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , 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 through ink and brush : brush techniques and calligraphic composition -- 5. -- Brush work : alternative bodybuilding -- 6. -- Ideograms and knowledge -- 7. -- Characters reloaded.
    Language: English
    Subjects: Ethnology
    RVK:
    Keywords: China ; Kalligrafie ; Symbolfunktion ; Soziale Funktion ; Hochschulschrift
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  • 2
    Book
    Book
    New York :Routledge,
    UID:
    almafu_BV042144576
    Format: 221 Seiten : , Ill.
    Edition: 1. issued in paperback 2014
    ISBN: 978-0-415-64636-9 , 978-0-415-31753-5 , 0-415-31753-3
    Language: English
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  • 3
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    New York, NY :RoutledgeCurzon,
    UID:
    edocfu_9959229011002883
    Format: 1 online resource (232 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 1-134-37061-X , 0-203-34884-2 , 1-134-37062-8 , 1-280-05904-4 , 0-203-59060-0
    Series Statement: Anthropology of Asia
    Content: 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.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Cover; Calligraphy and Power in Contemporary Chinese Society; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Brief chronology of Chinese history; Introduction: the abode of calligraphic inscriptions; First encounter with social calligraphy; Modern technology spells the end of Chinese writing?; Writing and calligraphy - an anthropological lack; The ambiguity of Chinese calligraphy - where function meets aesthetics; Some methodological considerations; 1 Dances with power: Public calligraphy and its social effects; Public calligraphy , Art or not: a matter of social manipulationThe power brush; 2 Becoming a person through wen; Mingong: anything that city people are not; The notion of wenhua; Ascending the tower of deep knowledge; 3 Handwriting and personhood; Fascination with handwriting; Handwriting and personhood; Calligraphy or handwriting as the extension of the body-person; 4 Body-person engineering through ink and brush: Brush techniques and calligraphic composition; Anthropological literature on personhood and embodiment; Brush techniques; The composition of calligraphy; The moral brush , 5 Brush work: Alternative bodybuildingPractising calligraphy: the cultivation of a good body and a sound mind; The learning process magnified; The embodied brush and the production of subjectivity; Calligraphic paradox as the locus of social manipulation; 6 Ideograms and knowledge; Written characters as the base of knowledge?; The modern script reform in China and its implication for Bloch's thesis; Linguistic myth turned into social reality; 7 Characters reloaded; Re-inventing calligraphy: characters are still good to think with; The ever-evolving relationship with power , The re-enchantment of calligraphy - the agency of calligraphyNotes; Bibliography; List of Chinese characters for terms used in the text; Index , English
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0-415-64636-7
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0-415-31753-3
    Language: English
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