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The cultural economy of Falun Gong in China : a rhetorical perspective / Xiao Ming.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Xiao, Ming.
- Series:
- Studies in rhetoric/communication
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Falun Gong (Organization).
- Religion and politics--China.
- Religion and politics.
- Communication--Religious aspects--Falun Gong (Organization).
- Communication.
- China--Religion.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (153 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Aided by her insider perspective, the author deftly employs Western rhetorical methodology in a compelling critique of an Eastern rhetorical occurrence, highlighting how authority confronts challenge in postsocialist China.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Series Editor's Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- ONE: The Rise of Falun Gong
- TWO: Challenging Contemporary Political Culture: Falun Gong's Departure from Marxist Materialism, Authoritarianism, and Scientism
- THREE: Why Is Falun Gong Popular?
- FOUR: As Powerful as Weapons: The Use of Tropes as Ideological Instruments
- FIVE: "Wildfire won't wipe it out-Spring wind blows it back": The Transfiguration of the Political Sensibility of the Chinese People
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- W
- X
- Y
- Z.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-136) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781283837200
- 128383720X
- 9781611172072
- 1611172071
- OCLC:
- 826659831
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