Publisher's Synopsis
The massacre in Tiananmen Square in June 1989 raised issues about the nature of revolution and protest in China and the attitude of China's leaders to calls for reform. This book explores the 1989 student movement in a broad historical and cultural context. Now in a revised and expanded second edition, the book includes discussion of such key issues as the political dimensions of popular culture, the struggle for control of public discourse in the post-1989 era, and Chinese interpretations of the term "revolution". The work is interdisciplinary and brings together anthropologists, historians and political scientists to provide a foundation for rethinking the cultural dimensions of Chinese politics.
