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Author Xiao, Ming

Title The cultural economy of Falun Gong in China : a rhetorical perspective / Xiao Ming
Published Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 140 pages)
Series Studies in rhetoric/communication
Studies in rhetoric/communication.
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
Summary A firsthand account of the power of rhetoric to establish and challenge cultural controls in modern China
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Falun Gong (Organization)
SUBJECT Falun Gong (Organization) fast
Subject Religion and politics -- China
Communication -- Religious aspects -- Falun Gong (Organization)
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
Religion
Religion and politics
SUBJECT China -- Religion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024177
Subject China
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781611172072
1611172071