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    Chinese Rhetoric and Writing: An Introduction for Language Teachers

    Chinese Rhetoric and Writing: An Introduction for Language Teachers

    The authors of Chinese Rhetoric and Writing offer a response to the argument that Chinese students' academic writing in English is influenced by "culturally nuanced rhetorical baggage that is uniquely Chinese and hard to eradicate." Noting that this argument draws from "an essentially monolingual and Anglo-centric view of writing," they point out that the rapid growth in the use of English worldwide calls for "a radical reassessment of what English is in today's world." The result is a book that provides teachers of writing, and in particular those involved in the teaching of English academic writing to Chinese students, an introduction to key stages in the development of Chinese rhetoric, a wide-ranging field with a history of several thousand years. Understanding this important rhetorical tradition provides a strong foundation for assessing and responding to the writing of this growing group of students.

    Subjects:
    Chinese Language
    Keywords:
    China Chinese language -- Rhetoric -- Study teaching Report writing -- Study teaching Textbooks
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
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    China and the West: music, representation, and reception

    China and the West: music, representation, and reception

    China and the West: Music, Representation, and Reception' is the first book to explore how Chinese and Western musical materials and traditions—those involving instruments, melodies, rhythms, staged diversions (including operas and musical comedies), concert works, film scores, and digital recordings of several kinds—have gradually moved closer together and become increasingly accepted, as well as exploited, in Asia as well as Europe and North America. Although aimed in large part at a scholarly audience, China and the West should appeal to general readers of many kinds: those interested in politics, cultural history and theory, gender studies, sociology, theater, and media studies as well as musical composition and performance of ‘classical’ as well as traditional and popular kinds.

    Subjects:
    Performing Arts
    Keywords:
    Music -- Western influences China Exoticism in music Music -- Chinese influences Orientalism in music Music
    Resource Type:
    e-book