04123oam 2200709I 450 991080617990332120230207223913.01-134-37061-X0-203-34884-21-134-37062-81-280-05904-40-203-59060-010.4324/9780203590607 (CKB)1000000000248334(EBL)200408(OCoLC)252904759(SSID)ssj0000290737(PQKBManifestationID)11214667(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000290737(PQKBWorkID)10248066(PQKB)10069849(MiAaPQ)EBC200408(Au-PeEL)EBL200408(CaPaEBR)ebr10094473(CaONFJC)MIL5904(OCoLC)56920399(EXLCZ)99100000000024833420180331d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCalligraphy and power in contemporary Chinese society /Yuehping Yen1st ed.London ;New York :RoutledgeCurzon,2004.1 online resource (232 p.)Anthropology of AsiaDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-64636-7 0-415-31753-3 Includes bibliographical references.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 calligraphyArt 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 brush5 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 powerThe re-enchantment of calligraphy - the agency of calligraphyNotes; Bibliography; List of Chinese characters for terms used in the text; IndexThis 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.Anthropology of AsiaCalligraphy, ChineseSocial aspectsPersonality and cultureChinaChinaCivilization1976-2002Calligraphy, ChineseSocial aspects.Personality and culture745.6/19951Yen Yuehping1969,1681235MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806179903321Calligraphy and power in contemporary Chinese society4050522UNINA