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Brushes with power: modern politics and the Chinese art of calligraphy
Richard Curt Kraus
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Frontmatter
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PREFACE (page ix)
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PART I - THE INSTITUTION OF CALLIGRAPHY IN IMPERIAL CHINA (page 1)
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1. Chinese Calligraphy as a System of Power (page 3)
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2. Demystifying Chinese Characters (page 15)
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3. The Legend of the Calligraphy Sage, Wang Xizhi (page 26)
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4. The Brush as an Instrument of Rule (page 36)
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5. Art Criticism as Political Commentary (page 45)
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PART II - CALLIGRAPHY AND REVOLUTION (page 53)
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6. The Cultural Dilemma of the Revolutionary Elite (page 55)
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7. The Gentlemen Scholars of the Central and South Lakes (page 65)
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8. The Failed Assault on Chinese Characters (page 75)
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9. Leninist Calligraphy for Mass Politics (page 83)
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10. Cultural Revolution Calligraphy: Big Characters and Leftist Lines (page 96)
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ll. Evil Characters, Poison Pens (page 109)
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12. The Unsuccessful Penmanship of Chairman Hua Guofeng (page 123)
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PART III - POSTREVOLUTIONARY CALLIGRAPHY (page 139)
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13. Calligraphy's New Conventions (page 141)
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14. A Personal Art in a Changing Society (page 151)
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15. The Orchid Pavilion's Modern Legacy (page 159)
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NOTES (page 173)
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CREDITS FOR ILLUSTRATIONS (page 199)
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INDEX (page 203)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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AHR | 98.1 (Feb. 1993): 219-220 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2166503 |
JP | 55.1 (Feb. 1993): 288-290 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2132262 |
JAS | 51.4 (Nov. 1992): 896-898 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2059064 |
AJCA | 31 (Jan. 1994): 142-143 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2949914 |
CQ | 132 (Dec. 1992): 1161-1170 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/654198 |
PA | 66.1 (Spring. 1993): 105-108 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2760028 |
Citable Link
Published: c1991
Publisher: University of California Press
- 9780520910898 (ebook)
- 9780520072855 (hardcover)