The Purge of the Inner Mongolian People's Party in the Chinese Cultural Revolution, 1967-69 : A Function of Language, Power and Violence
Kerry Brown (Author)
During the Chinese Cultural Revolution from 1967 to 1969, some 16,000 Mongolians died and over a quarter of a million suffered injury during the purge of what was claimed to be a separatist party in the Inner Mongolian region. This study looks at the purge through an analysis of the voices found in contemporary documents - those of Red Guard groups, local leaders felled during the campaign, and the new leaders put in place by the central government in Beijing. At the heart of this was the struggle for domination by a central government asserting national unity, opposed to any expression of local particularities in Inner Mongolia. The author examines the discourse strategies by which central government attempted to impose total control , asserting a dominant ideology and narrative based on Marxism-Leninism. The volume offers a unique insight into the relationship between language and culture of political power in modern China, at a time of crisis and violence
eBook, English, 2004
BRILL, Leiden, 2004
1 online resource.
9789004213937, 9781901903492, 9004213937, 1901903494
1294386935
Abbreviations Used in the Text
Note on the Text
Introduction
Dramatis Personae
1. The Exercise of Power and its Relationship to Language: The Case of the Cultural Revolution in Inner Mongolia
1967 to 1969
2 'How to Handle the Problem of IMAR': The Centre Speaks with the Region
1967
3 Nationality Versus Ethnicity: The Campaign Against the Local Party Leader Ulanfu
1967 to 1968
4 The New Order Speaks: The Voice of Comrade Teng Haiqing
1967 to 1969 89
5 The Politics of Saying Sorry: The Fall of Teng Haiqing
1969
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
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