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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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- 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
- 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 cultureSUNY 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