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Critical discourse analysis in historiography : the case of Hong Kong's evolving political identity / John Flowerdew.
Van Pelt Library DS796.H755 F56 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Flowerdew, John.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication in politics.
- Discourse analysis--Political aspects.
- Discourse analysis.
- Hong Kong (China)--History--Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997--Historiography.
- Hong Kong (China).
- Discourse analysis--Political aspects--China--Hong Kong.
- Communication in politics--China--Hong Kong.
- Hong Kong (China)--Politics and government--1997-.
- China--Hong Kong.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 341 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Summary:
- This book shows how the study of the evolving discourse employed during a political process spanning more than a decade can provide insights for critical discourse analysis on the one hand, and understanding of a real world political process on the other, thereby demonstrating the potential role for critical discourse analysis in historiography.
- Contents:
- Part I The Discourse of the Outgoing Administration 39
- 2 The Discourse of Colonial Withdrawal 41
- 3 Rhetorical Strategies and Identity Politics in the Discourse of Colonial Withdrawal 64
- 4 Discourse and Social Change in a Public Meeting 88
- Part II Interculrural Discourses in Hong Kong 115
- 5 Face in Intercultural Political Discourse 117
- 6 Competing Public Discourses in Transitional Hong Kong 133
- 7 Metaphors in the Discursive Construction of Patriotism: the Case of Hong Kong's Constitutional Reform Debate 153
- Part III The Discursive Construction of a New Hong Kong Identity 173
- 8 Identity Politics and Hong Kong's Return to Chinese Sovereignty 175
- 9 Discourse as History: History as Discourse. 'The Rise of Modern China' - a History Exhibition in Post-Colonial Hong Kong 199
- 10 Discriminatory Discourse Directed towards Mainlanders 218
- 11 Globalisation Discourse: Continuity with the Old 245
- 12 The Discursive Construction of a World Class City 262.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0230301185
- 9780230301184
- OCLC:
- 721884194
- Publisher Number:
- 99947981977
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