Politics of Chinese Language and Culture: The Art of Reading Dragons

by Bob Hodge, Kam Louie

Overview

An innovative text which adopts the tools of cultural studies to provide a fresh approach to the study of Chinese language, culture and society. The book tackles areas such as grammar, language, gender, popular culture, film and the Chinese diaspora and employs the concepts of social semiotics to extend the ideas of language and reading. Covering a range of cultural texts, it will help to break down the boundaries around the ideas and identities of East and West and provide a more relevant analysis of the Chinese and China.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415172653
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/24/1998
Series:	Culture and Communication in Asia
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 How to Read Dragons; Chapter 2 Reading Style; Chapter 3 Writing and the Ideological Machine; Chapter 4 Grammar as Ideology; Chapter 5 Living with Double-Think; Chapter 6 The Cult of the Hero; Chapter 7 Breaking the Square;

Editorial Reviews

'The authors are to be congratulated on expressing the complex ideas they are dealing with in a refreshingly clear and jargon-free manner.' - Asian Affairs, February 2000

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