Author : Bob Hodge
Release : 2012-11-12
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 637/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Politics of Chinese Language and Culture by : Bob Hodge
Download or read book Politics of Chinese Language and Culture written by Bob Hodge. This book was released on 2012-11-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.