Download or read book Chinese Perspectives in Rhetoric and Communication written by D. Ray Heisey and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2000-05-09 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents recent and unpublished research by Chinese scholars from China and the US on ways in which Chinese culture influences and intersects with communication theory and practice in China. It focuses on communication and cultural concepts as they function in Chinese society, in the media, in the workplace, and in the way people think. It includes historical analyses of Mao's political rhetoric before and during the Cultural Revolution as well as political rhetoric by Deng Xiaoping, all with a cultural emphasis.