Cultural revolution and overacting: dynamics between politics and performance

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This postmodern study of the Chinese Cultural Revolution examines the inner mechanism of the mass movement. Utilizing methodologies of cultural anthropology, linguistics, acting theory, and literary criticism, it reveals how people's performances of their everyday lives functioned as mechanisms of social control.

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Full title :Cultural revolution and overacting : dynamics between politics and performance / Tuo Wang.

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Publication Date:©2014

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Publisher(s):Lexington Books
Place of Publication:Lanham, Maryland
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9780739192917, 0739192914
oclc:ocn892932595
LC Classification:DS778.7
Dewey Decimal:951.05/6

Rituals in action: revolutionary rituals and the shaping of political idols and political subjects -- Deciphering revolutionary language: the charm of the big character poster -- Model theater: modeling the world -- Permanent liminality: the performance of revolutionary heroic characters in everyday life -- Enfranchised violence: public struggle meetings -- The end of the cultural revolution: the trial of the gang of four.

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China China -- History -- Cultural Revolution… Chine -- Histoire -- 1966-1976 (Révolut… East Asia History HISTORY -- Asia History & Archaeology Political culture Political culture -- China Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle…