2013
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Christophe Comentale, « Normality in China: Construction and Deconstruction of the Imaginary », Essaim, ID : 10670/1.2cd136...
China’s entry onto the international economic stage has become a source of intrigue and worry to the collective imagination of the West. With social changes, the traditional images of a China, both marvelous and terrifying, have given way to something very different. The Chinese people, however, do not yet appear normal! What is normality? This paper examines this civilization in light of its founding myths, which is a first step toward the decoding of images...