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Record Nr.

UNINA9910372779203321

Autore

Schneider Florian <1977->

Titolo

Staging China : The Politics of Mass Spectacle / / Florian Schneider

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, : Leiden University Press, 2019

Leiden : , : Leiden University Press, , [2019]

©[2019]

ISBN

94-006-0346-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource 329 pages) : : illustrations

Disciplina

302.330951

Soggetti

Propaganda

Communication - Political aspects

Propaganda - China

Communication - Political aspects - China

Spectacular, The - Political aspects - China

Electronic books.

China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The People's Republic of China began the 21st century with a new-and-improved public relations approach that was meant to counter anxieties about China's role in the world while simultaneously showcasing the leadership's policies to a domestic audience. Crucial to this communication strategy have been networked spectacles: elaborate mass event, designed to reconfigure organisations, ideas, and the relations between people. In 'Staging China', Florian Schneider analyses large-scale projects like the Beijing Olympics and Shanghai Expo to show how such spectacles became part of the ruling party's governance toolkit under Hu Jintao's leadership, and how their legacy informs politics and political communication in China to this day.