What happens when language wars are not about hurling insults or quibbling over meanings, but are waged in the physical sounds and shapes of language itself? Native and foreign speakers, mother tongues and national languages, have jostled for distinction throughout the modern period. The fight for global dominance between the English and Chinese languages opens into historical battles over the control of the medium through standardization, technology, bilingualism, pronunciation, and literature in the Sinophone world. Encounters between global languages, as well as the internal tensions between Mandarin and other Chinese dialects, present a dynamic, interconnected picture of languages on the move. In "Sound and Script in Chinese Diaspora," Jing Tsu explores the new global language trade, arguing that it aims at more sophisticated ways of exerting influence besides simply wielding knuckles of power. Through an analysis of the different relationships between language standardization, technologies of writing, and modern Chinese literature around the world from the nineteenth century to the present, this study transforms how we understand the power of language in migration and how that is changing the terms of cultural dominance. Drawing from an unusual array of archival sources, this study cuts across the usual China-West divide and puts its finger on the pulse of a pending supranational world under 'literary governance.'
發表於2025-01-29
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圖書標籤: 海外中國研究 文化研究 語言 移民 海外漢學
"Literary governance" 之概念固然有些意思,但作者選用的個案並非都閤適。關於陳季同的章節在重構歷史語境方麵頗有可商榷之處,顯得過於“先入為主”。關於此點願與感興趣的諸豆友仔細討論。
評分結構有點亂,6,7,8章看不下去,第四章的林語堂寫得最有意思。Carlos Rojos寫瞭個書評指齣本文幾處拼音分隔不當,說咦這真是活生生的literary governance呢。然而她的確是難得史料和理論都運用的人,好過太多腦洞大開的人
評分打著紅旗反紅旗,打著 Sinophone 反 Sinophone
評分Sinophone study. 沒有拍案的感覺,感覺Tsu本人是不是也不信,而隻是從技術上可行地去做。可能sinophone studies的研究價值一開始就沒有能夠說服我。
評分I read the book long time ago. Tsu chose a very interesting perspective--the features of Chinese language--to illustrate the historical and literary formation of Chinese literature, including Sinophone literature. The sentences in the book are well crafted, which indicate author's strength of writing.
Sound and Script in Chinese Diaspora 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載