Beyond Sinology: Chinese Writing and the Scripts of Culture

by Andrea Bachner

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.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231164521
• ISBN13: 9780231164528
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher