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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 |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450455903321 |
Yen Yuehping <1969, >
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| London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| 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 |
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Yen Yuehping <1969, >
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||
| London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| 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-9910806179903321 |
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Yen Yuehping <1969, >
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| London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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