Title Chongqing's Red Culture Campaign : Simulation and its Social Implications

Published Milton : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (187 pages) Series Routledge Research on the Politics and Sociology of China Routledge research on the politics and sociology of China. Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 1 Chongqing under the spotlight: the 'Chongqing Model' and its controversies; Chongqing under the spotlight; The 'Chongqing Model'; The controversies over Bo's 'Chongqing Model'; Aims of the book; Data collection; Structure of the book; 2 Putting the Red culture campaign into perspective; Social movement studies in the Chinese context; The 'state-society' framework in China studies; Domination and legitimacy; Power of resistance -- collective action and the 'weapons of the weak'; Theoretical concepts; Summary 3 Chongqing's Red culture campaign as simulationSimulation; Implications of Chongqing's Red culture campaign as simulation; The problematic of characterising Chongqing's Red culture campaign as simulation; 4 Who were the participants in Chongqing's Red culture campaign?; The participants in the campaign; Different generations of participants; Institutional conditions; Summary; 5 Experiencing the campaign: patterns of practices by the local people in Chongqing; First level of participation; Second level of participation; Third level of participation -- exclusively for retirees Levels of participation, organization, and quality of performanceWorking as participating -- employees type II; Summary; 6 How the official programme interacted with the practices of the local participants: exchange; The official programme as strategy; What the Red culture campaign needed from its participants; What the participants offered to and received from the Red culture campaign; The participants' practices as tactics; Summary; 7 How the official programme interacted with the practices of the local participants: framing; Framing processes by the official programme Framing processes by the participants -- primary frameworksHow frames are appropriated and contested -- the keying processes; Summary; 8 Conclusion; Chongqing's Red culture campaign as simulation; Patterns of the participants' practice and how it interacted with the official programme; Social and political implications; Epilogue: understanding the case of Chongqing; Appendices; Appendix I Research methods; Appendix II Interviewee biography; Appendix III Data analysis: categories and dimensions; Appendix IV Forty-five classic songs for schools in Chongqing Summary "Between 2009 and 2012, the city of Chongqing came into the national, and even international spotlight, as it became the geographical centre of the 'Singing Red, Smashing Black' campaign, and later the political storm that swept China. Chongqing's Red Culture Campaign drew an incredible amount of interest at the time, but speculation and prejudice has since blurred the public understanding of the sensational story that ties the campaign with the rise and fall of a political star, Bo Xilai. This book, therefore, seeks to study the nature of Chongqing's Red Culture Campaign, and the interaction between the political programme and the practices of its participants. Based on fieldwork conducted in Chongqing, it seeks to question whether the Red Culture Campaign was actually a return to Maoist revolutionary mass campaigning whilst examining the relationship between the CCP's political power and the lives of the ordinary people as reflected in the case of the campaign. Ultimately, it highlights that the campaign was not in fact a real Maoist mass movement. Although it followed the pre-existing model of past mass campaigns in China, containing a series of frequent and highly performative operations, Xiao Mei argues that it essentially demonstrated critical features of 'simulation'. By contributing to our understanding of the discrepancies between a designed political programme, and what it actually becomes when implemented on the ground, this book will be of use to students and scholars of Chinese Studies, Politics and Sociology."--Provided by publisher Notes Appendix V One hundred patriotic songs recommended by 10 central departments, including the Department of PropagandaIndex Print version record Subject Zhongguo gong chan dang. SUBJECT Zhongguo gong chan dang. fast (OCoLC)fst00535548 Subject Ideology -- China Political culture -- China POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- World -- Asian. Ideology. Political culture. Politics and government. Social conditions. SUBJECT China -- Politics and government -- 2002- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004009498 China -- Social conditions -- 2000- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003000103 Subject China. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781315408040 131540804X

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