TY - BOOK AU - Xiao,Ming TI - The cultural economy of Falun Gong in China: a rhetorical perspective T2 - Studies in rhetoric/communication SN - 9781611172072 AV - BP605 .C858 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - Columbia, S.C. PB - University of South Carolina Press KW - Falun Gong (Organization) KW - Religion and politics KW - China KW - Communication KW - Religious aspects KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - A firsthand account of the power of rhetoric to establish and challenge cultural controls in modern China UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=509862&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -