Birthday Anniversaries of the Veterans of Communist Party of China in the Internal Politics of the People’s Republic of China Cover Image

Rocznice urodzin weteranów Komunistycznej Partii Chin w polityce wewnętrznej Chińskiej Republiki Ludowej
Birthday Anniversaries of the Veterans of Communist Party of China in the Internal Politics of the People’s Republic of China

Author(s): Adrian Brona
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Political behavior, Politics and society, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: pamięć kolektywna; legitymizacja; Mao Zedong; Xi Zhongxun; Hu Yaobang; Liu Huaqing; Xi Jinping, Komunistyczna Partia Chin

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses functions of birthday commemoration of veterans of Communist Party of China. Content analyses of official ceremonial speeches and case study was applied to research ceremonies of 120th anniversary of Mao Zedong birthday and 100th anniversary of Xi Zhongxun, Hu Yaobang and Liu Huaqing birthdays. The study is based on Maurice Halbwachs’s concept of collective memory. The results shows legitimizing function of those events – both of party rule over China and Xi Jinping leadership in the party.

  • Issue Year: 15/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 418-437
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish