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9780203590607

Calligraphy and Power in Contemporary Chinese Society

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  • ISBN13:

    9780203590607

  • ISBN10:

    0203590600

  • Copyright: 2004-11-10
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Abode of Calligraphic Inscriptions
Dances with Power: Public Calligraphy and its Social Effects
Becoming a Person Through Wen
Handwriting and Personhood
Body-Person Engineering: Brush Techniques and Calligraphic Composition
Brush Work: Alternative Bodybuilding
Ideograms and Knowledge
Characters Reloaded
Bibliography
Glossary
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