LEADER 04123oam 2200709I 450 001 9910806179903321 005 20230207223913.0 010 $a1-134-37061-X 010 $a0-203-34884-2 010 $a1-134-37062-8 010 $a1-280-05904-4 010 $a0-203-59060-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203590607 035 $a(CKB)1000000000248334 035 $a(EBL)200408 035 $a(OCoLC)252904759 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000290737 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11214667 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000290737 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10248066 035 $a(PQKB)10069849 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC200408 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL200408 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10094473 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL5904 035 $a(OCoLC)56920399 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000248334 100 $a20180331d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCalligraphy and power in contemporary Chinese society /$fYuehping Yen 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledgeCurzon,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (232 p.) 225 1 $aAnthropology of Asia 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-64636-7 311 $a0-415-31753-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aArt 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 327 $a5 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 327 $aThe re-enchantment of calligraphy - the agency of calligraphyNotes; Bibliography; List of Chinese characters for terms used in the text; Index 330 $aThis unusual and interesting book is a fascinating account of the world of Chinese writing. It examines Chinese space and the political and social use of writing as propaganda, a publicity booster and as a ladder for social climbing. 410 0$aAnthropology of Asia 606 $aCalligraphy, Chinese$xSocial aspects 606 $aPersonality and culture$zChina 607 $aChina$xCivilization$y1976-2002 615 0$aCalligraphy, Chinese$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aPersonality and culture 676 $a745.6/19951 700 $aYen$b Yuehping$f1969,$01681235 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806179903321 996 $aCalligraphy and power in contemporary Chinese society$94050522 997 $aUNINA