Xiao, Ming. <br/><br/>
The cultural economy of Falun Gong in China :  a rhetorical perspective / 
Xiao Ming. 
 - Columbia, S.C. :  University of South Carolina Press,  (c)2011. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 140 pages). 
 - Studies in rhetoric/communication .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>The rise of Falun Gong --  Challenging contemporary political culture: Falun Gong's departure from Marxist materialism, authoritarianism, and scientism --  Why is Falun Gong popular? --  As powerful as weapons: the use of tropes as ideological instruments --  "Wildfire won't wipe it out-- spring wind blows it back": the transfiguration of the political sensibility of the Chinese people. 
<br/><br/> A firsthand account of the power of rhetoric to establish and challenge cultural controls in modern China. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781611172072 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Falun Gong (Organization)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religion and politics--China.<br/>Communication--Religious aspects--Falun Gong (Organization)
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BP605  / .C858 2011