Calligraphy And Power In Contemporary Chinese Society
First Statement of Responsibility
\ Yuehping Yen
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London, New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Routledge
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2005
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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viii, 221p.
Other Physical Details
: ill.
SERIES
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(Anthropology of Asia series)
GENERAL NOTES
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Code E.Book: 10067
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Bibliography.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.