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BL
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| Record Number
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1037399
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b791769
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| Main Entry
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Yen, Yuehping,1969-
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| Title & Author
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Calligraphy and power in contemporary Chinese society /\ Yuehping Yen.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York, NY :: RoutledgeCurzon,, 2004.
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| Series Statement
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Anthropology of Asia series
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (1 volume)
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| ISBN
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0203590600
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: 9780203590607
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Brief chronology of Chinese history; Introduction: the abode of calligraphic inscriptions; Dances with power: Public calligraphy and its social effects; Becoming a person through wen; Handwriting and personhood; Body-person engineering through ink and brush: Brush techniques and calligraphic composition; Brush work: Alternative bodybuilding; Ideograms and knowledge; Characters reloaded; Notes; Bibliography; List of Chinese characters for terms used in the text; Index.
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| Abstract
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This 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.
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Calligraphy, Chinese-- Social aspects.
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Personality and culture-- China.
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ART-- Techniques-- Calligraphy.
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Civilization.
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Personality and culture.
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China, Civilization, 1976-
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China.
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| Dewey Classification
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745.6/19951
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| LC Classification
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NK3634.A2Y475 2004eb
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