Discourse, Politics and Media in Contemporary China / Qing Cao, Paul Chilton, Hailong Tian.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cao, Qing, editor.

Chilton, Paul A. (Paul Anthony), editor.

Tian, Hailong, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language arts.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 pages)

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

After three and a half decades of economic reforms, radical changes have occurred in all aspects of life in China. In an authoritarian society, these changes are mediated significantly through the power of language, carefully controlled by the political elites. Discourse, as a way of speaking and doing things, has become an indispensable instrument for the authority to manage a fluid, increasingly fragmented, but highly dynamic and yet fragile society. Written by an international team of leading scholars, this volume examines socio-political transformations of contemporary Chinese society through a systematic account, analysis and assessment of its salient discourses and their production, circulation, negotiation, and consequences. In particular, the volume focuses on the interplay of politics and media. The book's intended readership is academics and students of Chinese studies, language and discourse, and media and communication studies.

Contents:

1 Introduction p. 1 / Qing Cao

2 Part 1: Political discourse

3 Chapter 1. Disembodied words p. 25 / Maurizio Marinelli

4 Chapter 2. `Stability overwhelms everything' p. 47 / Peter Sandby-Thomas

5 Chapter 3. A decade of change in China p. 77 / Yufang Qian; Hailong Tian

6 Chapter 4. It's a small world after all? p. 97 / Florian Schneider

7 Part 2: Media discourse

8 Chapter 5. Discourse of journalism and legitimacy in post-reform China p. 123 / Jingrong Tong

9 Chapter 6. China's Road to Revival p. 145 / Florian Schneider; Yih-jye Hwang

10 Chapter 7. China's soft power p. 171 / Qing Cao

11 Chapter 8. Issues in discourse approach to social transformations in China p. 195 / Hailong Tian; Paul Chilton

12 Author biography p. 209

13 Index p. 211.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

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BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 104387

ISBN:

9789027270368

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.54

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access