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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454179603321

Titolo

Sinographies [[electronic resource] ] : writing China / / Eric Hayot, Haun Saussy, and Steven G. Yao, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2008

ISBN

0-8166-5379-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (404 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HayotEric <1972->

SaussyHaun <1960->

YaoSteven G. <1965->

Disciplina

495.1/11

Soggetti

Chinese language - Writing - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The language and rhetoric of "China" -- pt. 2. Early-modern cultural production -- pt. 3. Testimony, reportage, meddling -- pt. 4. Minority discourses and immigration -- pt. 5. Meditated externalities.

Sommario/riassunto

The essays in this thought-provoking volume investigate ideas of China and Chineseness by means of a broad range of texts, languages, and contexts that surround what the editors call the Òvarious written ChinasÓ through history.