{"product_id":"the-cultural-economy-of-falun-xiao-ming-9781570039874","title":"The Cultural Economy of Falun Gong in China: A Rhetorical Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA firsthand account of the power of rhetoric to establish and challenge cultural controls in modern China\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmerging in China in the early 1990s, Falun Gong is viewed by its supporters as a folk movement promoting the benefits of good health and moral cultivation. To the Chinese establishment, however, it is a dissident religious cult threatening political orthodoxy and national stability. The author, a Chinese national once involved in implementing Chinese cultural policies, examines the evolving relationship between Falun Gong and Chinese authorities in a revealing case study of the powerful public discourse between a pervasive political ideology and an alternative agenda in contention for cultural dominance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePosited as a cure for culturally bound illness with widespread symptoms, the Falun Gong movement's efficacy among the marginalized relies on its articulation of a struggle against government sanctioned exploitation in favor of idealistic moral aspirations. In countering such a position, the Chinese government alleges that the religious movement is based in superstition and pseudoscience. Aided by her insider perspective, the author deftly employs Western rhetorical methodology in a compelling critique of an Eastern rhetorical occurrence, highlighting how authority confronts challenge in postsocialist China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Xiao Ming\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1570039879\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570039874\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2011 pg. 14","brand":"Xiao Ming","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453795447039,"sku":"9781570039874","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1f497b27-e929-4106-b749-16a622446c60.jpg?v=1777302353","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cultural-economy-of-falun-xiao-ming-9781570039874","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}