Staging China : the politics of mass spectacle /
The People's Republic of China began the 21st century with a new-and-improved public relations approach that was meant to counter anxieties about China's role in the world while simultaneously showcasing the leadership's policies to a domestic audience. Crucial to this communication s...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden :
Leiden University Press,
[2019]
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | The People's Republic of China began the 21st century with a new-and-improved public relations approach that was meant to counter anxieties about China's role in the world while simultaneously showcasing the leadership's policies to a domestic audience. Crucial to this communication strategy have been networked spectacles: elaborate mass event, designed to reconfigure organisations, ideas, and the relations between people. In 'Staging China', Florian Schneider analyses large-scale projects like the Beijing Olympics and Shanghai Expo to show how such spectacles became part of the ruling party's governance toolkit under Hu Jintao's leadership, and how their legacy informs politics and political communication in China to this day. |
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| Item Description: | KU Select 2019: HSS Frontlist Books OAPEN Library Project Muse Open Access Books KU Open Research Library |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (329 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789400603462 9400603460 9789400603479 9400603479 9087283245 9789087283247 |
