Beyond sinology : Chinese writing and the scripts of culture

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New communication and information technologies remain challenging 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, fi...

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Main Author: Bachner, Andrea
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Series:Global Chinese culture.
Subjects:
Chinese language > Writing > History.
Chinese characters > History.
Inscriptions, Chinese > History and criticism.
Chinese in literature.
Chinese in motion pictures.
Mass media and language > China.
Chinese in art.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Southeast Asian Languages.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
Chinese characters
Chinese in art
Chinese in literature
Chinese in motion pictures
Chinese language > Writing
Inscriptions, Chinese
Mass media and language
Ideogramm
Chinesisch
Chinesische Schrift
Massenmedien
Literatur
Kulturelle Identität
Nationalbewusstsein
China
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
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Summary:New communication and information technologies remain challenging 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, both within China and different parts of the West. Approaching this history from alternative theoretical perspectives, this volume pinpoints the phenomena binding languages, scripts, and medial expressions to cultural and national ide.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 282 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231536301
0231536305

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