The Cultural Economy of Falun Gong in China: A Rhetorical Perspective

by Ming Xiao and Weiming D./Ming Yao/Xioa (pseudonym)

Emerging in China in the early 1990s, Falun Gong is viewed by its supporters as a folk movement promoting the benefits of good health and moral cultivation. To the Chinese establishment, however, it is a dissident religious cult threatening political orthodoxy and national stability. The author, a Chinese national once involved in implementing Chinese cultural policies, examines the evolving relationship between Falun Gong and Chinese authorities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570039879
• ISBN13: 9781570039874
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"