{"product_id":"beyond-sinology-9780231164528","title":"Beyond Sinology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story of Chinese writing as told by Andrea Bachner is traversed by necrophilia, hallucination, fetishism, patriotism, identity\/alterity politics, new age mediality, and multiple other passions; it is also one in which the controversial protagonist, the sinograph, has resiliently stood its ground. No other contemporary study I know of showcases sino(graph)philia with as much verve and aplomb. This is an impressively ambitious and innovative book. -- Rey Chow, Duke University, author of Sentimental Fabulations, Contemporary Chinese Films When Chinese characters are made into a symptom or banner of Chineseness, their historical and material thickness is lost. This study of Chinese-character triumphalism and critique aims to restore that materiality. -- Haun Saussy, University of Chicago\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations A Note on Characters, Romanization, Translations, and Images Acknowledgments Introduction: Script Politics 1. Corpographies 2. Iconographies 3. Sonographies 4. Allographies 5. Technographies Conclusion: Beyond Sinology Notes Bibliography Index","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400274780503,"sku":"9780231164528","price":54.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beyond-sinology-9780231164528","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}