Read the cultural other : forms of otherness in the discourses of Hong Kong's decolonization / edited by Shi-xu, Manfred Kienpointner, Jan Servaes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shi-xu, 1960-

Kienpointner, Manfred.

Servaes, Jan, 1952-

Series:

Language, power, and social process ; 14.

Language, power, and social process ; 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociolinguistics--China--Hong Kong.

Sociolinguistics.

Sociolinguistics--China.

Hong Kong (China)--Languages.

Hong Kong (China).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Read the Cultural Other contains studies on non-Western discourse. It has two principal aims. Firstly, it argues that the study of non-Western, non-White, and Third-World discourses should become a legitimate, necessary, and routine part of international discourse scholarship. Hitherto, non-Western, non-White, and Third-Word discourses have been relegated and marginalized to a 'local', 'particular', or 'other' place in (or, one might argue, outside) the mainstream. To reclaim their place, the book deconstructs the rhetoric of universalism and the continued preoccupation with Western discourse in the profession, and stresses the cultural nature of discourse, both ordinary and disciplinary, as it outlines a culturally pluralist vision. Secondly, in order to take the multicultural view seriously, it explores the complexity, diversity, and forms of otherness of non-Western discourse by examining the case of China and Hong Kong's discourses of the decolonization of the latter. Far too often, non-Western discourse has been stereotyped as externally discrete, internally homogeneous, and formally containable within a 'universal', 'general', or 'integrated' model. The present work focuses on China and Hong Kong's discourses, which have been marginalized by their Western counterparts. Through culturally eclectic linguistic analysis and local cultural analysis, it identifies and highlights the specific ways of speaking of China and Hong Kong - their concepts, concerns, aspirations, resistance, verbal strategies, etc. - with respect to similar or different issues. The culturally pluralist view and analytical practice proffered here call for a radical cultural change in international scholarship on language, communication, and discourse.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Part 1. Paradigmatic reorientation

Chapter 1. The study of non-Western discourse

Chapter 2. Communication theory and the Western bias

Chapter 3. Towards multiculturalism in discourse studies

Chapter 4. Beyond differences in cultural values and modes of communication

Part 2. The discursive dominance of the West

Chapter 5. Reporting the Hong Kong transition: A comparative analysis of news coverage in Europe and Asia

Chapter 6. The contest over Hong Kong: Revealing the power practices of the Western media

Chapter 7. Hong Kong's press freedom: A comparative sociology of Western and Hong Kong's views

Part 3. Complexity, diversity and Otherness of non-Western discourse

Chapter 8. Unfamiliar voices from the Other: Exploring forms of Otherness in the media discourses of China and Hong Kong

Chapter 9. Media and metaphor: Exploring the rhetoric in China's and Hong Kong's public discourses on Hong Kong and China

Chapter 10. Voices of missing identity: A study of contemporary Hong Kong literary writings

Chapter 11. Identity and interactive hypermedia: A discourse analysis of web diaries

Chapter 12. Narrating Hong Kong history: A critical study of mainland China's historical discourse from a Hong Kong perspective

Chapter 13. A nascent paradigm for non-Western discourse studies: An epilogue

Back matter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613396662

9781283396660

1283396661

9783110199789

3110199785

OCLC:

171582830