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Beyond Sinology: Chinese Writing and the Scripts of Culture
Andrea Bachner
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Description for Beyond Sinology: Chinese Writing and the Scripts of Culture
Hardback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, B&W Illus.: 8,. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CF; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
New communication and information technologies provide distinct challenges and possibilities for the Chinese script, which, unlike alphabetic or other phonetic scripts, relies on multiple signifying principles. In recent decades, this multiplicity has generated a rich corpus of reflection and experimentation in literature, film, visual and performance art, and design and architecture, within both China and different parts of the West. Approaching this history from a variety of alternative theoretical perspectives, Beyond Sinology reflects on the Chinese script to pinpoint the multiple connections between languages, scripts, and medial expressions and cultural and national identities. Through a complex study of intercultural ... Read more
New communication and information technologies provide distinct challenges and possibilities for the Chinese script, which, unlike alphabetic or other phonetic scripts, relies on multiple signifying principles. In recent decades, this multiplicity has generated a rich corpus of reflection and experimentation in literature, film, visual and performance art, and design and architecture, within both China and different parts of the West. Approaching this history from a variety of alternative theoretical perspectives, Beyond Sinology reflects on the Chinese script to pinpoint the multiple connections between languages, scripts, and medial expressions and cultural and national identities. Through a complex study of intercultural ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Global Chinese Culture
Condition
New
Weight
532g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231164528
SKU
V9780231164528
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About Andrea Bachner
Andrea Bachner is assistant professor of comparative literature at Cornell University.
Reviews for Beyond Sinology: Chinese Writing and the Scripts of Culture
The story of Chinese writing as told by Andrea Bachner is traversed by necrophilia, hallucination, fetishism, patriotism, identity/alterity politics, new age mediality, and multiple other passions; it is also one in which the controversial protagonist, the sinograph, has resiliently stood its ground. No other contemporary study I know of showcases sino(graph)philia with as much verve and aplomb. This is an ... Read more