No CCP, No New China
Pastoral Power in Official Narratives in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8092783 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Xiaoling Zhang (0000-0001-7634-3649, corresponding author), Zhang xiaoling (0000-0002-6125-8246), Melissa Shani Brown (0000-0002-2322-597X), David O’brien (0000-0002-9687-8736) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 235 |
| Pages | 784-803 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The China Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-4439 • E-ISSN: 1468-2648 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0305741018000954 |
| OpenAlex | W2892172141 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 13 |
Guided by Michel Foucault's concept of “pastoral power,” this article examines the ways in which contemporary discourses within official narratives in China portray the state in a paternal fashion to reinforce its legitimacy. Employing interdisciplinary approaches, this article explores a number of sites in Urumqi, the regional capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), in order to map how a coherent official narrative of power and authority is created and reinforced across different spaces and texts. It demonstrates how both history and the present day are depicted in urban Xinjiang in order to portray the state in a pastoral role that legitimates its use of force, as well as emphasizing its core role in developing the region out of poverty and into “civilization
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |