Xing Lu. Rhetoric of the Chinese Cultural Revolution: The Impact on Chinese Thought, Culture, and Communication.(Book Review) From: China Review International | Date: March 22, 2005| Author: Goldblatt, Howard | COPYRIGHT 2005 University of Hawaii Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Xing Lu. Rhetoric of the Chinese Cultural Revolution: The Impact on Chinese Thought, Culture, and Communication. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2004. xiii, 250 pp. Hardcover $49.95, ISBN 1-57003-543-1.

For the most part, book reviews are a "good news-bad news" exercise, with the nod going one way or the other, usually with an "and yet ..." qualification. This time, for me, for this book, that's how it is--a toss-up. I wanted to like it, but couldn't quite...

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