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The politics of Chinese language and culture [electronic resource] : the art of reading dragons / Bob Hodge and Kam Louie.

By: Hodge, Bob (Robert Ian Vere).
Contributor(s): Louie, Kam.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Culture and communication in Asia: Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1998Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-178) and index.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 182 p.) : ill.ISBN: 0415246180 (electronic bk.); 9780415246187 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): Language and culture -- China | Chinese language -- Social aspects | Chinese language -- Political aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 495.1 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:
Contents:
How to Read Dragons: the politics of understanding Chinese culture -- Reading style: interacting the Chinese way -- Writing and the ideological machine: Chinese characters and the construction of gender -- Grammar as ideology: critical linguistics and the politics of syntax -- Living with double-think: ambiguity in discourse and grammar -- The cult of the hero: masculinity and popular culture -- Breaking the square: film and representations of China.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-178) and index.

How to Read Dragons: the politics of understanding Chinese culture -- Reading style: interacting the Chinese way -- Writing and the ideological machine: Chinese characters and the construction of gender -- Grammar as ideology: critical linguistics and the politics of syntax -- Living with double-think: ambiguity in discourse and grammar -- The cult of the hero: masculinity and popular culture -- Breaking the square: film and representations of China.

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