Brushed in Light : Calligraphy in East Asian Cinema.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Theorizing the Calligraph
- The End
- Chapter 1. Shufa/Seoye/Shodo
- Calligraphy in the West
- Shufa: In the Beginning Was the Law
- Shodo: The Way of Japanese Calligraphers
- Seoye: The Geopolitical Character
- The Stench and Fragrance of Cinematic Calligraphy
- Chapter 2. Transformations
- The "Silent" Calligraph
- Marginalizing Calligraphy
- The Analog Glyph of the Sound Era
- Bytes and Pieces-Calligraphy and Collage
- Collage and Time Travel in Chinese Cinema
- Chapter 3. Defining Calligraphy
- Cool Type
- Four Treasures
- Five Styles
- Three Irreplaceables
- One Missing Ingredient
- The Last Word: Brush
- Chapter 4. Force and Form
- Calligraphic Form and Time
- Form, Force, and Mise-en-scène
- Chapter 5. A Prop Unlike Any Other
- Hou Hsiao-hsien and Narrative Space
- Telling Time
- Anchoring Space
- Subtitling Calligraphy
- Chapter 6. The Shimmering Smudge
- The Knot
- Corporeal Calligraphy
- Reading the Moment
- The Restlessness of the Calligraph
- Conclusion: Brushed in Light
- Bibliography
- Index.