{"product_id":"chinese-grammatology-9780231192637","title":"Chinese Grammatology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor nearly half of the twentieth century, reformers waged war on the Chinese script. In \u003ci\u003eChinese Grammatology\u003c\/i\u003e, Yurou Zhong traces the origins, transmutations, and containment of this script revolution to provide a groundbreaking account of its formative effects on Chinese literature and culture and lasting implications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most innovative, exemplary, and deeply researched monographs in modern Chinese literary studies I have seen for quite some time. -- Andrew F. Jones, University of California, Berkeley\u003cbr\u003eOffering a valuable history of the Chinese encounter with the Roman-Latin alphabetic writing system, \u003ci\u003eChinese Grammatology\u003c\/i\u003e provides a compelling account of the rise and containment of phonocentrism as a global literary, linguistic, and political force with profound implications for the development of modern “national” literatures during the twentieth century. -- Nergis Ertürk, Pennsylvania State University\u003cbr\u003eThis long overdue study of competing twentieth-century efforts to modernize Chinese writing goes far beyond the origins of \u003ci\u003epinyin \u003c\/i\u003eto include a series of compelling stories about all-but-forgotten movements that will fascinate anyone interested in linguistics, Chinese literature, and the history of modernity. Deeply researched and carefully presented, \u003ci\u003eChinese Grammatology\u003c\/i\u003e is a page-turner for culture nerds, which makes a persuasive case for the influence of the ideologies of script reform on the evolution of modern Chinese literature. A must-read for anyone interested in cultural China. -- Timothy Billings, Middlebury College\u003cbr\u003eYurou Zhong ably chronicles the tumultuous twentieth century of the millennia-old Chinese writing system. We encounter strong personalities, overwhelming historical trends, and alert linguistic analysis. The concluding appeal to a ‘nonidentitarian coexistence’ of diverse writing systems within and around Chinese echoes ideals from the era of China’s greatest cosmopolitan influence. -- Haun Saussy, University of Chicago\u003cbr\u003eSaussure's \u003ci\u003eCours de linguistique générale\u003c\/i\u003e (1916) and Derrida's \u003ci\u003eDe la grammatologie\u003c\/i\u003e (1967) are two milestones that have far-reaching implications for 20th-century scholarship in the humanities. Under the influence of these two works, phonetics and logocentrism gradually became one of the concerns for scholars of humanities. However, how do we deal with the perceived voicelessness in nonphonetic scripts? How do we rediscover and understand the rich and tense historical processes that sought to reform and even eliminate the Chinese script for the past century? These substantial questions form the backbone of \u003ci\u003eChinese Grammatology\u003c\/i\u003e. It builds on theoretical exploration, historical research, and case studies covering classical philology, the influence of romanization, the latinization movement in modern China, and more. Solid research, broad vision, and sharp observations enliven the whole book. -- Wang Hui, Tsinghua University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNote on Romanization\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Voiceless China and Its Phonocentric Turn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Provenance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Beginning and the End of Alphabetic Universalism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Transmutations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Phonocentric Antinomies\u003cbr\u003e3. Can Subaltern Workers Write?\u003cbr\u003e4. Reinventing Children\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Containment\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Toward a Chinese Grammatology\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: The Last Custodian\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524655587671,"sku":"9780231192637","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231192637.jpg?v=1731857633","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chinese-grammatology-9780231192637","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}