The Rhetoric of Mao Zedong - Transforming China and Its People

Analyses Mao Zedong's speeches and writings over a span of sixty years, tracing the sources and evolution of Mao's discourse, analysing his skills as a rhetor and mythmaker, and assessing his symbolic power and continuing presence in contemporary China. Lu observes that Mao's rhetorical legacy has been commoditized, culturally consumed, and politically appropriated since his death.

About the author

Xing Lu is a professor of communication at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. Born and raised in China, she received her doctorate in rhetoric and communication from the University of Oregon. Lu is the author or editor of five books, including Rhetoric in Ancient China, Fifth to Third Century B.C.E., winner of the James A. Winans-Herbert A. Wichelns Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address, and Rhetoric of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, both published by the University of South Carolina Press.

Summary

Analyses Mao Zedong's speeches and writings over a span of sixty years, tracing the sources and evolution of Mao's discourse, analysing his skills as a rhetor and mythmaker, and assessing his symbolic power and continuing presence in contemporary China. Lu observes that Mao's rhetorical legacy has been commoditized, culturally consumed, and politically appropriated since his death.

Product details

• Authors: Xing Lu
• Publisher: Univ of south carolina press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9781611177527
• ISBN: 978-1-61117-752-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Studies in Rhetoric/Communication; Studies in Rhetoric/Communicat; Studies in Rhetoric/Communicat; Studies in Rhetoric/Communication; Studies in Rhetoric & Communic
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Law, job, finance > Letters, rhetoric; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education