03183nam 2200661Ia 450 991082002790332120230207225258.01-134-69164-51-280-05566-90-203-34474-X(CKB)1000000000255144(EBL)201270(OCoLC)437062913(SSID)ssj0000223919(PQKBManifestationID)11187908(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223919(PQKBWorkID)10206784(PQKB)11629509(MiAaPQ)EBC201270(Au-PeEL)EBL201270(CaPaEBR)ebr10164571(CaONFJC)MIL5566(EXLCZ)99100000000025514419980717d1998 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe politics of Chinese language and culture[electronic resource] the art of reading dragons /Bob Hodge and Kam LouieLondon ;New York Routledge19981 online resource (193 p.)Culture and communication in AsiaDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-17265-9 0-415-17266-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-178) and index.Front Cover; The Politics of Chinese Language and Culture; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; Series editor's foreword; Preface; 1. How to Read Dragons: the politics of understanding Chinese culture; 2.Reading style: interacting the Chinese way; 3. Writing and the ideological machine: Chinese characters and the construction of gender; 4. Grammar as ideology: critical linguistics and the politics of syntax; 5. Living with double-think: ambiguity in discourse and grammar; 6.The cult of the hero: masculinity and popular culture; 7.Breaking the square: film and representations of ChinaBibliographyIndexAn 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.Culture and communication in Asia.Chinese languagePolitical aspectsChinese languageSocial aspectsLanguage and cultureChinaChinese languagePolitical aspects.Chinese languageSocial aspects.Language and culture306.0951306.20951Hodge Bob(Robert Ian Vere)201357Louie Kam641365MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820027903321The politics of Chinese language and culture3993403UNINA