Anatomy of Chinese: Rhythm, Metaphor, Politics

by Perry Link

During the Cultural Revolution, Mao exhorted the Chinese people to "smash the four olds" old customs, old culture, old habits, and old ideas. Yet when the Red Guards in Tiananmen Square chanted "We want to see Chairman Mao," they unknowingly used a classical rhythm that dates back to the Han period and is the very embodiment of the four olds. An Anatomy of Chinese reveals how rhythms, conceptual metaphors, and political language convey time-honored...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674066022
• ISBN13: 9780674066021
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Harvard
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"