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Literate community in early imperial China : the northwestern frontier in Han times

Title
Literate community in early imperial China : the northwestern frontier in Han times / Charles Sanft.
Author
Sanft, Charles, 1972-
Publication
  • Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2019]
  • ©2019

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Book/TextUse in library JFE 19-9616Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Description
xxiii, 252 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
"In Literate Community in Early Imperial China, Charles Sanft looks at interactions with text during the Han period and argues that they were more widespread than has been recognized. Archaeologists have excavated a tremendous number of written materials left behind at military installations in the northwestern border regions of China, and scholars have often studied these documents for what they tell us about institutions. But their cultural aspects have received far less attention. Sanft brings an innovative interdisciplinary analytic framework to the study of these documents. He offers a new way to distinguish between reading and writing, which allows for an improved understanding of how text worked in early China, and concentrates on the community rather than the individual. In doing so, he is able to show that a much broader section of early society had meaningful interactions with text. This is a major shift from previous understandings, and makes Literate Community an important contribution to early China studies, the study of literacy, and the global history of non-elites"--
Series Statement
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
Uniform Title
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
Subject
  • To 600
  • Chinese language > To 600
  • Chinese language > Writing > History
  • Literacy > China > History
  • Chinese language
  • Chinese language > Writing
  • Literacy
  • China
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-244) and index.
Contents
Interacting with text in early imperial China and beyond -- Contexts and sources -- Posted texts -- Statements of individuals and groups -- Composite texts -- Practical texts -- Cultural texts -- Letters.
Call Number
JFE 19-9616
ISBN
  • 9781438475134
  • 1438475136
LCCN
2018036278
OCLC
1057241639
Author
Sanft, Charles, 1972- author.
Title
Literate community in early imperial China : the northwestern frontier in Han times / Charles Sanft.
Publisher
Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2019]
Copyright Date
©2019
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-244) and index.
Chronological Term
To 600
Research Call Number
JFE 19-9616
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