Chinese Discourse Studies

Shi-xu is Changjiang Distinguished Professor, Director of the Institute of Discourse and Cultural Studies, and Director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Discourse Studies, Zhejiang University, China. He is founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Multicultural Discourses and the General Editor of Cultural Discourse Studies Series. His books in English include: Cultural Representations, A Cultural Approach to Discourse, Read the Cultural Other (lead-editor), and Discourse as Struggle (editor).

Preface Introduction: De-Westernising Discourse Analysis PART I: PARADIGMATIC CONSTRUCTION 1. Cultural Discourse Studies 2. Eastern Discourse Studies 3. Chinese Discourse Studies PART II: DISCOURSES OF CONTEMPORARY CHINA 4. Discourse and Human Rights 5. Discourse and Trade Disputes 6. Discourse and Urban Development Epilogue: Agenda, Dialogue and Practice