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The Cultural Revolution and Overacting : Dynamics Between Politics and Performance.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (185 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780739192917
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Cultural Revolution and OveractingDDC classification:
  • 951.05/6
LOC classification:
  • DS778.7 .W38936 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Rituals in Action -- 2 Deciphering Revolutionary Language -- 3 Model Theater -- 4 Permanent Liminality -- 5 Enfranchised Violence -- 6 The End of the Cultural Revolution -- Epilogue: Once to Every Man and Nation -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: 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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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Rituals in Action -- 2 Deciphering Revolutionary Language -- 3 Model Theater -- 4 Permanent Liminality -- 5 Enfranchised Violence -- 6 The End of the Cultural Revolution -- Epilogue: Once to Every Man and Nation -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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