American media representations of China's traditions and modernity

Tourism, Culture and Communication

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 125-135

  Wang, Yasong Alex ^a   Morais, Duarte B ^a   Buzinde, Christine ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Critical discourse analysis; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953142116     PISSN: 1098304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/109830409X12596186103798     Document Type: Article

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