The Cultural Economy of Falun Gong in China : A Rhetorical Perspective /

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A firsthand account of the power of rhetoric to establish and challenge cultural controls in modern China.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Xiao, Ming
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Falun Gong (Organization)
Religion and politics
Religion
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
Religion et politique > Chine.
Communication > Religious aspects > Falun Gong (Organization)
Religion and politics > China.
China
Chine > Religion.
China > Religion.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The rise of Falun Gong
  • Challenging contemporary political culture: Falun Gong's departure from Marxist materialism, authoritarianism, and scientism
  • Why is Falun Gong popular?
  • As powerful as weapons: the use of tropes as ideological instruments
  • "Wildfire won't wipe it out-- spring wind blows it back": the transfiguration of the political sensibility of the Chinese people.

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