1st Edition

Inventing Left and Right in China Media Discourse, Politics, and Ideology (1877-1927)

By Ye Ma Copyright 2027
240 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores the introduction and localization of the political concepts of left and right in Chinese media discourse from the late Qing to the late 1920s, analyzing their shift from spatial metaphors to political symbols that redefined Chinese society, politics, and culture. Globally established as political terms in 1789, left and right began to appear in Chinese media by the late 19th... Read more

1. Theoretical Genealogy of the Left-Right Political Distinction  2. Concept Travel: Global Reference and Local Dynamics of the Left-Right  3. The Preliminary Formation of Left and Right: Introduction and Media Discourse Practice in Modern China  4. Intellectuals and Political Thought: The Left-Right Spectrum in the May Fourth Movement  5. Manufacturing Left and Right: Partisan Politics and Factional Differentiation  6. The Evolution of the Left and Right: Metaphorical Transformation and Semantic Change  7. Conclusion: Metaphor, the Press, and Historical Transformation of Chinese Political Discourse

Biography

Ye Ma is an Associate Researcher at the College of Literature and Journalism, Sichuan University. Her research interests: media and social thoughts, history of Chinese Journalism in the twentieth century, media discourse.