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Warp and Weft - Chinese Language and Culture (Hardcover) Loot Price: R659
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Warp and Weft - Chinese Language and Culture (Hardcover): Keekok Lee

Warp and Weft - Chinese Language and Culture (Hardcover)

Keekok Lee

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This book attempts to deconstruct certain key clusters of Chinese characters and words, centering on themes such as war and peace, kith and kin, male and female, rites and rituals, pleasure and leisure to make them yield fascinating tales about Chinese culture and history in which these words are embedded and which they at the same time encapsulate. The Chinese language, Chinese history and culture are presented as one long woven bolt of silk (for which China has historically been noted), with the written language conceived as the warp while the history and culture the weft. In this process of linguistic exploration, the book shows in what ways the Chinese written language may be said to be unique as well as to reveal, amongst other things, certain aspects of: * ancient Chinese religion, cosmology, philosophy, political theory, law, medicine, astronomy, physics, geography; * their grasp, on the part of the ancient Chinese people, of human reproduction, biology and physiology, psychology, biochemistry, even neurology of the brain; * what constitutes Chinese identity, the core values of Chinese culture, the essential glue holding their society together; * their daily existence, such as their food and drink, the houses they lived in, the furniture they used, their chief modes of transportation, etc. A fascinating look at Chinese language and culture.

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Imprint: Strategic Book Publishing
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 2008
First published: October 2008
Authors: Keekok Lee
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 978-1-60693-247-6
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General
Books > Language & Literature > Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) > Language teaching & learning material & coursework > General
Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
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LSN: 1-60693-247-0
Barcode: 9781606932476

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