City of Marvel and Transformation : : Changan and Narratives of Experience in Tang Dynasty China / / Linda Rui Feng.
During the Tang dynasty, the imperial capital of Chang'an (present-day Xi'an) was unrivaled in its monumental scale, with about one million inhabitants dwelling within its walls. It was there that one of the most enduring cultural and political institutions of the empire-the civil service...
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Feng, Linda Rui, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut City of Marvel and Transformation : Changan and Narratives of Experience in Tang Dynasty China / Linda Rui Feng. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2015] ©2015 1 online resource (208 p.) : 7 black & white illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Narrating Liminality and Transformation -- Chapter Two. The Lure of Chang'an -- Chapter Three. Navigating the City Interior -- Chapter Four. Staging Talent in Urban Arenas -- Chapter Five. Staging Talent in Urban Arenas -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star During the Tang dynasty, the imperial capital of Chang'an (present-day Xi'an) was unrivaled in its monumental scale, with about one million inhabitants dwelling within its walls. It was there that one of the most enduring cultural and political institutions of the empire-the civil service examinations-took shape, bringing an unprecedented influx of literati men to the city seeking recognition and official status by demonstrating their literary talent. To these examination candidates, Chang'an was a megalopolis, career launch pad, and most importantly, cultural paradigm. As a multifaceted lived space, it captured the imaginations of Tang writers, shaped their future aspirations, and left discernible traces in the writings of this period.City of Marvel and Transformation brings this cityscape to life together with the mindscape of its sojourner-writers. By analyzing narratives of experience with a distinctive metropolitan consciousness, it retrieves lost connections between senses of the self and a sense of place. Each chapter takes up one of the powerful shaping forces of Chang'an: its siren call as a destination; the unforeseen nooks and crannies of its urban space; its potential as a "media machine" to broadcast images and reputations; its demimonde-a city within a city where both literary culture and commerce took center stage. Without being limited to any single genre, specific movement, or individual author, the texts examined in this book highlight aspects of Chang'an as a shared and contested space in the collective imagination. They bring to our attention a newly emerged interval of social, existential, and geographical mobility in the lives of educated men, who as aspirants and routine capital-bound travelers learned to negotiate urban space.Both literary study and cultural history, City of Marvel and Transformation goes beyond close readings of text; it also draws productively from research in urban history, anthropology, and studies of space and place, building upon the theoretical frameworks of scholars such as Michel de Certeau, Henri Lefebvre, and Victor Turner. It is a welcome addition to the growing body of scholarship in Chinese studies on the importance of cities and city life. Students and scholars of premodern China will find new ways to understand the collective concerns of the lettered class, as well as new ways to understand literary phenomena that would eventually influence vernacular tales and the Chinese novel. By asking larger questions about how urban sojourns shape subjectivity and perceptions, this book will also attract a wide range of readers interested in studies of personhood, spatial practice, and cities as living cultural systems in flux, both ancient and modern. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Chinese literature Tang dynasty, 618-907 History and criticism. Chinese literature China Xi'an Shi History and criticism. Intellectuals China Xi'an Shi History. HISTORY / Asia / China. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package 9783110649826 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2015 9783110700985 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter PP Plus eBook-Package 2015 9783110700992 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UHP eBook Package 2014-2016 9783110564136 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110752366 print 9780824841065 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824856878 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824856878 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780824856878/original |
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Feng, Linda Rui, Feng, Linda Rui, City of Marvel and Transformation : Changan and Narratives of Experience in Tang Dynasty China / Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Narrating Liminality and Transformation -- Chapter Two. The Lure of Chang'an -- Chapter Three. Navigating the City Interior -- Chapter Four. Staging Talent in Urban Arenas -- Chapter Five. Staging Talent in Urban Arenas -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Narrating Liminality and Transformation -- Chapter Two. The Lure of Chang'an -- Chapter Three. Navigating the City Interior -- Chapter Four. Staging Talent in Urban Arenas -- Chapter Five. Staging Talent in Urban Arenas -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Narrating Liminality and Transformation -- Chapter Two. The Lure of Chang'an -- Chapter Three. Navigating the City Interior -- Chapter Four. Staging Talent in Urban Arenas -- Chapter Five. Staging Talent in Urban Arenas -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
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