Colors of Veracity: A Quest for Truth in China and Beyond 9780824838751

In Colors of Veracity, Vera Schwarcz condenses four decades of teaching and scholarship about China to raise fundamental

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English Pages 192 Year 2014

Table of contents :
Contents
Preface: Colors of Truth
Introduction: Truth Stumbling in the Streets
Chapter 1. Gift of Utterance: Expanding Vocabularies for Truth
Chapter 2. Dainty as Candle Lights: Veiled Truths and Shadowy Lies
Chapter 3. Philomela and the Risk of History
Chapter 4. Truth: A Muddy Sprout
Conclusion: The Avodah of Truth
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

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