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The Rhetoric of Hiddenness in Traditional Chinese Culture

The Rhetoric of Hiddenness in Traditional Chinese Culture

Varsano, Paula M.

Hardcover

Series: Suny Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Literary CriticismChinese HistoryChinese Art

ISBN10: 1438463030
ISBN13: 9781438463032
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Dec 30 2016
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.70
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

Considers the role of hiddenness in the history of cultural production in premodern China.

This volume brings together fourteen essays that explore the role of hiddenness-as both an object and a mode of representation-in the history of cultural production in China from the Warring States Period (403-221 BCE) to the end of the Qing Dynasty (1911) and beyond. The rhetorical use of various forms of hiddenness makes its appearance in literary, political, philosophical, and religious writings, as well as in the visual arts. Working in fields as disparate as traditional Chinese literature, religion, philosophy, history, medicine, and art, the contributors attempt to characterize one of the fundamental signifying practices in traditional Chinese cultural production. In the process, they not only reveal otherwise obscure patterns connecting longstanding social, political, aesthetic, and epistemological practices, but also contribute to ongoing discussions-well beyond the field of China studies-regarding the representation and communicability of knowledge, as well as the practices controlling its dissemination.

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