| Politics of Chinese Language and Culture: The Art of Reading Dragons Contributor(s): Hodge, Bob (Author), Louie, Kam (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415172667 ISBN-13: 9780415172660 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1998 Annotation: This book provides a fresh approach to the study of Chinese language, culture and society. It adopts the tools of cultural studies and applies them to a previously conservative discipline. It uses concepts of social semiotics to extend the ideas of language and reading, covering a range of cultural texts. The authors tackle areas such as grammar, language, gender, popular culture, film and the Chinese diaspora. "The Politics of Chinese Language and Culture" is an engaging, and alternative, means of studying contemporary China. 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies - Art | Asian - Chinese |
| Dewey: 495.1 |
| LCCN: 99159360 |
| Series: Culture and Communication in Asia |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.2" W x 9.34" (0.64 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |