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Chang, Yanrong. 2018. A cultural discourse analysis of obituaries in China. Journal of multicultural discourses 13 (3) : 259–282.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Routledge

Annotation

Using a cultural approach to discourse and communication, this paper explored three obit discourse types in Chinese society. Many of them set and discursively make a ranked society and they have a freeing force in rendering voice to the powerless.