Subaltern China

Subaltern China

Subaltern China

Wanning Sun

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Editorial:
Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2014
Materia
Estudios de comunicación
ISBN:
9781442236776

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In this book, Wanning Sun illuminates the harsh reality of inequality and discrimination that China’s rural migrant workers face every day, and how these workers use available media to negotiate these injustices. This book is essential reading for all concerned with the growing use of media in the cultural politics of our highly digitalized world.

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