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Inspired by Tuchman's concept of the 'strategic ritual of objectivity', we argue that journalists employ what can be called the 'strategic ritual of irony' in their accounts to convey moral stance toward morally 'tainted' stories, often... more
Inspired by Tuchman's concept of the 'strategic ritual of objectivity', we argue that journalists employ what can be called the 'strategic ritual of irony' in their accounts to convey moral stance toward morally 'tainted' stories, often under the façade of objectivity. Systematic reading of American journalists' memoirs and writings reveals that their portrayals of post-1989 China, against the tragic background of the Tiananmen crackdown, habitually resorted to two genres of irony – situational irony and verbal irony – to express their disdain for an emerging moral vacuum in contemporary China. The injection of irony, in the form of objectivity, distances journalists from the 'tainted' targets they cover and hence protects their own professional reputation.
- by Yunya Song and +1
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- Verbal Irony, Irony, Tiananmen, International News
Paperback available via Routledge and elsewhere: https://www.routledge.com/China-and-Orientalism-Western-Knowledge-Production-and-the-PRC/Vukovich/p/book/9780415592208 You can see some reviews in section listed on left.... more
Paperback available via Routledge and elsewhere: https://www.routledge.com/China-and-Orientalism-Western-Knowledge-Production-and-the-PRC/Vukovich/p/book/9780415592208
You can see some reviews in section listed on left. https://hku-hk.academia.edu/DanielVukovich/reviews-of-%22China-and-Orientalism%22-(selected)
'It is a pointed and spirited book that incorporates a remarkably transdisciplinary range of approaches and texts.'
Carla Nappi, East Asian Studies, July 2012
'A book of startling honesty and conviction. Writing from Hong Kong but not as a Sinologist, Vukovich presents an erudite case for re-thinking the lessons of Tiananmen, reassessing the legacy of Mao, and questioning the idea that China needs to be saved by becoming like "us." As a revisionist reading of post-war China, the book brims with antinomian vignettes on everything from Chinese cinema to the novels of De Lillo and the philosophy of Arendt.Vukovich blasts the new Orientalism that seeks to free China from its supposedly Borg-like past. A rare voice, and a welcome one.'
Timothy Brennan, University of Minnesota, USA
'This is a unique critique of orientalism in contemporary Chinese studies. Daniel Vukovich argues that there is a new form of orientalism, which does not project China as an ‘'other'’ as many traditional Sinologists did, but emphasizes ‘'sameness'’ or general equivalence of China to the US-West. From this basic observation, the author highlights the cultural logic of capitalism in the new Orientalistic interpretation of China. A sharp, inspiring and timely book!'
Wang Hui, Tsinghua University, author of The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought, China's New Order, and The Politics of Imagining Asia.
‘Vukovich's tenacious critique of the China Studies field is by itself worth the price of admission. But the bonus for readers is his remarkable history of the complexities of post-liberation China. As timely as could be, and guaranteed to spark debate.’
Andrew Ross, New York University, USA, author of Fast Boat to China: Corporate Flight and the Consequences of Free Trade; Lessons from Shanghai.
‘An important intervention into the battle for China's past and present . At its heart is a wide ranging, strong critique of the bulk of China studies scholarship on the P.R.C since the 1980s. But it also draws extensively on revisionist, new leftist, and other Chinese scholarship to argue for what is being erased by Sinological-orientalism." Its framing of this knowledge as orientalist and 'post-colonial' should cause a sensation. It may even finally trigger a sorely needed debate in the field.’
Mobo Gao, Chair of Chinese Studies & Director, Confucius Institute, University of Adelaide, Australia.
'This slim, sharply-argued volume should be a mandatory reading for all of us who work on post-1949 China. China and Orientalism is a refreshing and often eye-opening analysis on how knowledge of the object called "China" has been constructed in the West since the end of Maoism…China and Orientalism is an essential contribution to our self-awareness as producers of knowledge and offers a welcome and indispensable criticism of the field.'
Fabio Lanza, The China Beat, Twentieth Century China.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Preface and Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Sinological-Orientalism Now: ‘China’ and the New Era
Chapter 2: Uncivil Society, or, Orientalism and Tiananmen, 1989
Chapter 3: Maoist Discourse and Its Demonization
Chapter 4: Accounting for the Great Leap Forward: Missing Millions, Excess Deaths, And A Crisis of Chinese Proportions
Chapter 5: DeLillo, Warhol, and the Specter of Mao: The ‘Sinologization’ of Global Thought
Chapter 6: Screening Sinology: On the Western Study of Chinese Film
Chapter 7: The China-Reference And Orientalism in the Global Economy
Bibliography & Index
You can see some reviews in section listed on left. https://hku-hk.academia.edu/DanielVukovich/reviews-of-%22China-and-Orientalism%22-(selected)
'It is a pointed and spirited book that incorporates a remarkably transdisciplinary range of approaches and texts.'
Carla Nappi, East Asian Studies, July 2012
'A book of startling honesty and conviction. Writing from Hong Kong but not as a Sinologist, Vukovich presents an erudite case for re-thinking the lessons of Tiananmen, reassessing the legacy of Mao, and questioning the idea that China needs to be saved by becoming like "us." As a revisionist reading of post-war China, the book brims with antinomian vignettes on everything from Chinese cinema to the novels of De Lillo and the philosophy of Arendt.Vukovich blasts the new Orientalism that seeks to free China from its supposedly Borg-like past. A rare voice, and a welcome one.'
Timothy Brennan, University of Minnesota, USA
'This is a unique critique of orientalism in contemporary Chinese studies. Daniel Vukovich argues that there is a new form of orientalism, which does not project China as an ‘'other'’ as many traditional Sinologists did, but emphasizes ‘'sameness'’ or general equivalence of China to the US-West. From this basic observation, the author highlights the cultural logic of capitalism in the new Orientalistic interpretation of China. A sharp, inspiring and timely book!'
Wang Hui, Tsinghua University, author of The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought, China's New Order, and The Politics of Imagining Asia.
‘Vukovich's tenacious critique of the China Studies field is by itself worth the price of admission. But the bonus for readers is his remarkable history of the complexities of post-liberation China. As timely as could be, and guaranteed to spark debate.’
Andrew Ross, New York University, USA, author of Fast Boat to China: Corporate Flight and the Consequences of Free Trade; Lessons from Shanghai.
‘An important intervention into the battle for China's past and present . At its heart is a wide ranging, strong critique of the bulk of China studies scholarship on the P.R.C since the 1980s. But it also draws extensively on revisionist, new leftist, and other Chinese scholarship to argue for what is being erased by Sinological-orientalism." Its framing of this knowledge as orientalist and 'post-colonial' should cause a sensation. It may even finally trigger a sorely needed debate in the field.’
Mobo Gao, Chair of Chinese Studies & Director, Confucius Institute, University of Adelaide, Australia.
'This slim, sharply-argued volume should be a mandatory reading for all of us who work on post-1949 China. China and Orientalism is a refreshing and often eye-opening analysis on how knowledge of the object called "China" has been constructed in the West since the end of Maoism…China and Orientalism is an essential contribution to our self-awareness as producers of knowledge and offers a welcome and indispensable criticism of the field.'
Fabio Lanza, The China Beat, Twentieth Century China.
***************************************************************************
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Preface and Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Sinological-Orientalism Now: ‘China’ and the New Era
Chapter 2: Uncivil Society, or, Orientalism and Tiananmen, 1989
Chapter 3: Maoist Discourse and Its Demonization
Chapter 4: Accounting for the Great Leap Forward: Missing Millions, Excess Deaths, And A Crisis of Chinese Proportions
Chapter 5: DeLillo, Warhol, and the Specter of Mao: The ‘Sinologization’ of Global Thought
Chapter 6: Screening Sinology: On the Western Study of Chinese Film
Chapter 7: The China-Reference And Orientalism in the Global Economy
Bibliography & Index
During the 1980s, an interlocking complex of U.S. non-governmental organizations (the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Asia Society, and the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations) gradually... more
During the 1980s, an interlocking complex of U.S. non-governmental organizations (the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Asia Society, and the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations) gradually built up contacts with Chinese elites. By mid-decade, the National Committee and the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs began a series of “U.S.-China Dialogues” in which influential figures from both sides met alternately in Beijing and the United States, supposedly informally, to discuss the state of Sino-American relations. Though the outcome of the protests at Tiananmen in June 1989 shocked them, American China-watchers consciously decided that contacts and efforts at communication and understanding must continue. At the Fourth U.S.-China Dialogue meeting in Beijing in early 1990, the American and Chinese participants assumed radically different positions, with the Chinese complaining bitterly about U.S. interference in China’s internal affairs. However, as the meeting ended, both sides agreed that, while there had been little agreement, such contacts and dialogues were valuable and must continue.