Brushed in Light : Calligraphy in East Asian Cinema.
Material type: TextPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2021Copyright date: {copy}2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (175 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780472902439Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Brushed in LightLOC classification: PN1995Online resources: Click to ViewIntro -- 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-sc�ene -- 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.
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