An Anatomy of Chinese : : Rhythm, Metaphor, Politics / / 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...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 1 table |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Rhythm
- 2 Metaphor
- 3 Politics
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Index