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245 10 a| Anecdote, network, gossip, performanceh| [electronic resource] :b| essays on the Shishuo xinyu /c| Jack W. Chen.;

246 30 a| Essays on the Shishuo xinyu;

260 a| Cambridge, Massachusetts :b| Harvard University Asia Center,c| 2021.;

300 a| xii, 278 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references ((pages 241-266)) and index.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "This book is a study of the Shishuo xinyu, the most important anecdotal collection of medieval China-and arguably of the entire traditional era. In a set of interconnected essays, Jack W. Chen offers new readings of the Shishuo xinyu that draw upon social network analysis, performance studies, theories of ritual and mourning, and concepts of gossip and reputation to illuminate how the anecdotes of the collection imagine and represent a political and cultural elite. Whereas most accounts of the Shishuo have taken a historical approach, Chen argues that the work should be understood in literary terms. Thus, the central concern of Anecdote, Network, Gossip, Performance is an extended meditation on the very nature of the anecdote form, both what the anecdote affords in terms of representing a social community and how it provides a space for the rehearsal of certain longstanding philosophical and cultural arguments. Although each of the chapters may be read separately as an essay in its own right, when taken together, they present a comprehensive account of the Shishuo in all of its literary complexity"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Anecdote, network, gossip, performance essays on the Shishuo xinyu / Jack W. Chen.

Author/creator	Chen, Jack Wei
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2021.
Description	xii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Liu, Yiqing, 403-444. Shi shuo xin yu. Anecdotes--China. --History and criticism.

Portion of title	Essays on the Shishuo xinyu
Abstract	"This book is a study of the Shishuo xinyu, the most important anecdotal collection of medieval China-and arguably of the entire traditional era. In a set of interconnected essays, Jack W. Chen offers new readings of the Shishuo xinyu that draw upon social network analysis, performance studies, theories of ritual and mourning, and concepts of gossip and reputation to illuminate how the anecdotes of the collection imagine and represent a political and cultural elite. Whereas most accounts of the Shishuo have taken a historical approach, Chen argues that the work should be understood in literary terms. Thus, the central concern of Anecdote, Network, Gossip, Performance is an extended meditation on the very nature of the anecdote form, both what the anecdote affords in terms of representing a social community and how it provides a space for the rehearsal of certain longstanding philosophical and cultural arguments. Although each of the chapters may be read separately as an essay in its own right, when taken together, they present a comprehensive account of the Shishuo in all of its literary complexity"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references ((pages 241-266)) and index.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2020039719
ISBN	9780674251175 (hardcover)

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