TY  - BOOK
AU  - Xiao,Ming
TI  - The cultural economy of Falun Gong in China: a rhetorical perspective 
T2  - Studies in rhetoric/communication
SN  - 9781611172072
AV  - BP605.F36 X56 2011eb
U1  - 322/.10951 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Columbia, S.C.
PB  - University of South Carolina Press
KW  - Falun Gong (Organization)
KW  - fast
KW  - Religion and politics
KW  - China
KW  - Communication
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Political Process
KW  - Political Advocacy
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Religion
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The rise of Falun Gong -- Challenging contemporary political culture: Falun Gong's departure from Marxist materialism, authoritarianism, and scientism -- Why is Falun Gong popular? -- As powerful as weapons: the use of tropes as ideological instruments -- "Wildfire won't wipe it out-- spring wind blows it back": the transfiguration of the political sensibility of the Chinese people
N2  - A firsthand account of the power of rhetoric to establish and challenge cultural controls in modern China
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ER  -