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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Formato: | Electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden
Leiden University Press
2019
Leiden : [2019] |
Edición: | 1st ed |
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009421998906719 |
Sumario: | 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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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (1 online resource 329 pages) : illustrations |
ISBN: | 9789400603462 |