Invasion of the Body Snatchers: How The Rhetoric of Globalization Elides Human Rights in ‘The Bodies’ Museum Exhibits

• In Event: Top Papers in Association For Chinese Communication Studies

Abstract

Analyzing transnational rhetoric is essential with today's globalization, when discourses are tailored by multinational corporations to encourage consumption of products. Today, an eerie new product is on the market: it is human bodies, deceased, cleaned and entertainingly presented for public viewing in museums in cities worldwide. We examine how the rhetoric of globalization elides concerns of human rights and cultural integrity in exhibits that display Chinese bodies to mainly white, Western audiences.

Authors

• Ellen Gorsevski, Bowling Green State Univ

• Canchu Lin, Bowling Green State Univ

• Raymond Schuck, Bowling Green State University