Chinese calligraphy has traditionally been an emblem of the ruling
class and its authority. After a century of mass revolution, what
is the fate of this elite art? Richard Kraus explores the
relationship beween politics and the art of writing in China today
to explicate the complex relationship between tradition and
modernity in Chinese culture. His study draws upon a wide range of
sources, from political documents, memoirs, and interviews with
Chinese intellectuals to art exhibitions and television melodramas.
Mao Zedong and other Communist leaders gave calligraphy a
revolutionary role, believing that their beloved art reflected the
luster of authoritative words and deeds. Calligraphy was joined
with new propagandistic mass media to become less a private art and
more a public performance. It provided politically engaged citizens
with subtle cues to changing power relationships in the People's
Republic. Claiming neither that the Communists obliterated
traditional culture nor that revolution failed to relieve the
burden of China's past, this study subtly examines the changing
uses of tradition in a modernizing society.
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