Calligraphy and power in contemporary Chinese society / / Yuehping Yen
| Calligraphy and power in contemporary Chinese society / / Yuehping Yen |
| Autore | Yen Yuehping <1969, > |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
| Disciplina | 745.6/19951 |
| Collana | Anthropology of Asia |
| Soggetto topico |
Calligraphy, Chinese - Social aspects
Personality and culture - China |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-203-34884-2
1-134-37062-8 1-280-05904-4 0-203-59060-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 calligraphy
Art 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 5 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 The re-enchantment of calligraphy - the agency of calligraphyNotes; Bibliography; List of Chinese characters for terms used in the text; Index |
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Yen Yuehping <1969, >
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| London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Calligraphy and power in contemporary Chinese society / / Yuehping Yen
| Calligraphy and power in contemporary Chinese society / / Yuehping Yen |
| Autore | Yen Yuehping <1969, > |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
| Disciplina | 745.6/19951 |
| Collana | Anthropology of Asia |
| Soggetto topico |
Calligraphy, Chinese - Social aspects
Personality and culture - China |
| ISBN |
1-134-37061-X
0-203-34884-2 1-134-37062-8 1-280-05904-4 0-203-59060-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 calligraphy
Art 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 5 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 The re-enchantment of calligraphy - the agency of calligraphyNotes; Bibliography; List of Chinese characters for terms used in the text; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783601703321 |
Yen Yuehping <1969, >
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| London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Calligraphy and power in contemporary Chinese society / / Yuehping Yen
| Calligraphy and power in contemporary Chinese society / / Yuehping Yen |
| Autore | Yen Yuehping <1969-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
| Disciplina | 745.6/19951 |
| Collana | Anthropology of Asia |
| Soggetto topico |
Calligraphy, Chinese - Social aspects
Personality and culture - China |
| ISBN |
1-134-37061-X
0-203-34884-2 1-134-37062-8 1-280-05904-4 0-203-59060-0 9780203590607 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 calligraphy
Art 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 5 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 The re-enchantment of calligraphy - the agency of calligraphyNotes; Bibliography; List of Chinese characters for terms used in the text; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911090749903321 |
Yen Yuehping <1969->
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| New York, NY, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Calligraphy and power in contemporary Chinese society / / Yuehping Yen
| Calligraphy and power in contemporary Chinese society / / Yuehping Yen |
| Autore | Yen Yuehping <1969-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
| Disciplina | 745.6/19951 |
| Collana | Anthropology of Asia |
| Soggetto topico |
Calligraphy, Chinese - Social aspects
Personality and culture - China |
| ISBN |
1-134-37061-X
0-203-34884-2 1-134-37062-8 1-280-05904-4 0-203-59060-0 9780203590607 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 calligraphy
Art 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 5 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 The re-enchantment of calligraphy - the agency of calligraphyNotes; Bibliography; List of Chinese characters for terms used in the text; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911136831303321 |
| Yen Yuehping <1969-> | ||
| New York, NY, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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China's Brave New World : --And Other Tales for Global Times / / Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom ; foreword by Vladimir Tismaneanu
| China's Brave New World : --And Other Tales for Global Times / / Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom ; foreword by Vladimir Tismaneanu |
| Autore | Wasserstrom Jeffrey N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (236 pages) |
| Disciplina | 951.06 |
| Soggetto topico | Civilization, Modern - 1950- |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9780253027764
0253027764 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword: beyond Marx, Lenin, and Mao / Vladimir Tismaneanu -- Introduction -- Part 1. Adventures in China-watching -- Burgers, beepers, and bowling alleys -- Mr. Mao ringtones -- All the coffee in China -- The generalissimo would not be amused -- Part 2. The inscrutable West -- Searching the stars for Emily Hahn -- Traveling with Twain -- Around the world with Grant and Li -- The time machine of Tippecanoe County -- Part 3. Turn-of-the-century flashbacks -- Mixed emotions: China in 1999 -- Karl gets a new cap: Budapest in 2000 -- Patriotism in public life: the United States in 2001 -- A San Francisco of the East: Hong Kong in 2002 -- Part 4. The tomorrowland diaries -- China's brave new world -- Chicago in an age of illusions -- Why go anywhere? -- Faster than a speeding bullet train -- Afterword: rhymes for our times. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154713503321 |
Wasserstrom Jeffrey N
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| Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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China's new voices : popular music, ethnicity, gender, and politics, 1978-1997 / / Nimrod Baranovitch
| China's new voices : popular music, ethnicity, gender, and politics, 1978-1997 / / Nimrod Baranovitch |
| Autore | Baranovitch Nimrod <1965-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (349 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.4/84 |
| Soggetto topico |
Popular music - Social aspects - China
Popular music - Political aspects - China |
| ISBN |
9781417508094
0-520-93653-1 1-59734-531-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. China Diversified: An Overview of Popular Music in the Reform Era, 1978 -1997; 2. The Negotiation of Minority/ Majority Identities and Representation in Popular Music Culture; 3. Negotiating Gender in Post-Revolutionary Popular Music Culture: Reconstructing Manhood, Womanhood, and Sexuality; 4. Popular Music and State Politics: Hegemony, Resistance, Symbiosis, and Unity; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911100343203321 |
Baranovitch Nimrod <1965->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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China's new voices : popular music, ethnicity, gender, and politics, 1978-1997 / / Nimrod Baranovitch
| China's new voices : popular music, ethnicity, gender, and politics, 1978-1997 / / Nimrod Baranovitch |
| Autore | Baranovitch Nimrod <1965-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (349 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.4/84 |
| Soggetto topico |
Popular music - Social aspects - China
Popular music - Political aspects - China |
| ISBN |
9781417508094
0-520-93653-1 1-59734-531-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. China Diversified: An Overview of Popular Music in the Reform Era, 1978 -1997; 2. The Negotiation of Minority/ Majority Identities and Representation in Popular Music Culture; 3. Negotiating Gender in Post-Revolutionary Popular Music Culture: Reconstructing Manhood, Womanhood, and Sexuality; 4. Popular Music and State Politics: Hegemony, Resistance, Symbiosis, and Unity; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911148793203321 |
| Baranovitch Nimrod <1965-> | ||
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Culture and social transformations : theoretical framework and Chinese context / / edited by Cao Tianyu [and three others]
| Culture and social transformations : theoretical framework and Chinese context / / edited by Cao Tianyu [and three others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden : , : BRILL, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
| Disciplina | 951 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CaoTianyu |
| Collana | Ideas, history, and modern China |
| Soggetto topico |
Political culture - China - History - 20th century
Social change - China - History - 20th century Social values - China - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 90-04-26051-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Introduction The Social and Cultural Roots of the Reforms / Cao Tianyu and Zhong Xueping -- 1 Modernism, Modernity, and Individualism / Nan Fan -- 2 Subaltern Literature: Theory and Practice (2004–2009) / Li Yunlei -- 3 The “Crime” of Lu Xun, Anti-Enlightenment, and Chinese Modernity: A Critique of Liu Xiaofeng’s “Christian Theology” / Lu Xinyu -- 4 From Charting the Revolution to Charter 2008: Discourse, Liberalism, De-Politicization / Daniel F. Vukovich -- 5 The Transformation of Chinese University Culture: History, Present, and Path / Liao Kebin -- 6 Academic Discourse, Official Ideology, and Institutional Metamorphoses: Reflections on Contemporary Chinese Legal Discourses and Reality / Yu Xingzhong -- 7 The Flight to Rights: 1990's China and Beyond / Rebecca E. Karl -- 8 Human Rights, Revolutionary Legacy, and Politics in China / Ban Wang -- 9 Democracy: Lyric Poem and Construction Blueprint / Han Shaogong -- 10 Rereading “Commemorating the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Fall of the Ming” / Han Yuhai -- 11 The Crisis of Socialism and Efforts to Overcome It / Cai Xiang -- 12 Post-Socialism Revisited: Reflections on “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics,” Its Past, Present, and Future / Arif Dirlik -- 13 Reinterpreting “Capitalist Restoration” in China: Toward a Historical Critique of “Actually Existing Market Socialism” / Yiching Wu -- 14 The Western Slump and Global Reorganization / Robert Wade -- 15 An Argument for “Participatory Socialism” / Lin Chun -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453321903321 |
| Leiden : , : BRILL, , [2013] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Culture and social transformations : theoretical framework and Chinese context / / edited by Cao Tianyu [and three others]
| Culture and social transformations : theoretical framework and Chinese context / / edited by Cao Tianyu [and three others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden : , : BRILL, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
| Disciplina | 951 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CaoTianyu |
| Collana | Ideas, history, and modern China |
| Soggetto topico |
Political culture - China - History - 20th century
Social change - China - History - 20th century Social values - China - History - 20th century |
| ISBN | 90-04-26051-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Introduction The Social and Cultural Roots of the Reforms / Cao Tianyu and Zhong Xueping -- 1 Modernism, Modernity, and Individualism / Nan Fan -- 2 Subaltern Literature: Theory and Practice (2004–2009) / Li Yunlei -- 3 The “Crime” of Lu Xun, Anti-Enlightenment, and Chinese Modernity: A Critique of Liu Xiaofeng’s “Christian Theology” / Lu Xinyu -- 4 From Charting the Revolution to Charter 2008: Discourse, Liberalism, De-Politicization / Daniel F. Vukovich -- 5 The Transformation of Chinese University Culture: History, Present, and Path / Liao Kebin -- 6 Academic Discourse, Official Ideology, and Institutional Metamorphoses: Reflections on Contemporary Chinese Legal Discourses and Reality / Yu Xingzhong -- 7 The Flight to Rights: 1990's China and Beyond / Rebecca E. Karl -- 8 Human Rights, Revolutionary Legacy, and Politics in China / Ban Wang -- 9 Democracy: Lyric Poem and Construction Blueprint / Han Shaogong -- 10 Rereading “Commemorating the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Fall of the Ming” / Han Yuhai -- 11 The Crisis of Socialism and Efforts to Overcome It / Cai Xiang -- 12 Post-Socialism Revisited: Reflections on “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics,” Its Past, Present, and Future / Arif Dirlik -- 13 Reinterpreting “Capitalist Restoration” in China: Toward a Historical Critique of “Actually Existing Market Socialism” / Yiching Wu -- 14 The Western Slump and Global Reorganization / Robert Wade -- 15 An Argument for “Participatory Socialism” / Lin Chun -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790900003321 |
| Leiden : , : BRILL, , [2013] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Culture and social transformations : theoretical framework and Chinese context / / edited by Cao Tianyu [and three others]
| Culture and social transformations : theoretical framework and Chinese context / / edited by Cao Tianyu [and three others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden : , : BRILL, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
| Disciplina | 951 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CaoTianyu |
| Collana | Ideas, history, and modern China |
| Soggetto topico |
Political culture - China - History - 20th century
Social change - China - History - 20th century Social values - China - History - 20th century |
| ISBN | 90-04-26051-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Introduction The Social and Cultural Roots of the Reforms / Cao Tianyu and Zhong Xueping -- 1 Modernism, Modernity, and Individualism / Nan Fan -- 2 Subaltern Literature: Theory and Practice (2004–2009) / Li Yunlei -- 3 The “Crime” of Lu Xun, Anti-Enlightenment, and Chinese Modernity: A Critique of Liu Xiaofeng’s “Christian Theology” / Lu Xinyu -- 4 From Charting the Revolution to Charter 2008: Discourse, Liberalism, De-Politicization / Daniel F. Vukovich -- 5 The Transformation of Chinese University Culture: History, Present, and Path / Liao Kebin -- 6 Academic Discourse, Official Ideology, and Institutional Metamorphoses: Reflections on Contemporary Chinese Legal Discourses and Reality / Yu Xingzhong -- 7 The Flight to Rights: 1990's China and Beyond / Rebecca E. Karl -- 8 Human Rights, Revolutionary Legacy, and Politics in China / Ban Wang -- 9 Democracy: Lyric Poem and Construction Blueprint / Han Shaogong -- 10 Rereading “Commemorating the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Fall of the Ming” / Han Yuhai -- 11 The Crisis of Socialism and Efforts to Overcome It / Cai Xiang -- 12 Post-Socialism Revisited: Reflections on “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics,” Its Past, Present, and Future / Arif Dirlik -- 13 Reinterpreting “Capitalist Restoration” in China: Toward a Historical Critique of “Actually Existing Market Socialism” / Yiching Wu -- 14 The Western Slump and Global Reorganization / Robert Wade -- 15 An Argument for “Participatory Socialism” / Lin Chun -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911102917303321 |
| Leiden : , : BRILL, , [2013] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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