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Informationen zum Autor Gladys Pak Lei Chong is Assistant Professor of Liberal and Cultural Studies at the Department of Humanities and Creative Writing at Hong Kong Baptist University. Klappentext Chinese Subjectivity and the Beijing Olympics develops the Foucauldian concept of productive power through examining the ways in which the Chinese government tried to mobilize the population to embrace its Olympic project through deploying various sets of strategies and tactics. Zusammenfassung Chinese Subjectivity and the Beijing Olympics develops the Foucauldian concept of productive power through examining the ways in which the Chinese government tried to mobilize the population to embrace its Olympic project through deploying various sets of strategies and tactics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Productive Aspect of Power: The Art of Making an Active Chinese Subject / 2. Embodying the Nation: The Production of Gendered Chinese Subjects / 3. Young Chinese Subjects: The Making of New Model Citizens / 4. From Driving in the City to Driving the City: Moulding Taxi Drivers into Presentable Urban Subjects / 5. Temporising Space and Time / 6. The Resinification of HK Chinese Subjects: Media as End and Instrument of Government / 7. Foucault and China: Governmentality and the Subjectification of Chinese Subjects / Bibliography / Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gladys Pak Lei Chong
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.11.2016
• EAN: 9781783489886
• ISBN: 978-1-78348-988-6
• Serie: Critical Perspectives on Theory, Culture and Politics
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: dall'antichità ai giorni nostri; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Analisi delle strutture sociali; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, SPORTS & RECREATION / Olympics & Paralympics, Social groups, Sociology: sport & leisure, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Sociology: sport and leisure, Western philosophy from c 1800, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, Olympic & Paralympic games, Olympic and Paralympic games, Social groups, communities and identities