Introducing posters of China's Cultural Revolution, Harriet Evans and Stephanie Donald; excess and enthusiasm, John Gittings; souvenirs of Beijing - authority and subjectivity in art historical memory, Craig Clunas; sister comrades - gendered bodies and spaces, Harriet Evans; children as political messengers - art, childhood and continuity, Stephanie Donald; icons of power - Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution, Robert Benewick; print culture, memory and the popular, Chen Xiaomei; afterword, Stephanie Donald and Harriet Evans.
Harriet Evans is senior lecturer in Chinese studies, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster. Stephanie Donald is professor of Chinese media studies, University of Sydney.
Original and timely. A substantial contribution to the literature
on the Cultural Revolution and on modern China in general. Treating
the propaganda art of a totalitarian state as a serious component
of culture is uncommon and very useful. An invaluable reference of
visual images for scholars, students, and artists alike.--Julia F.
Andrews, Ohio State University
By dispelling the stereotype of revolutionary art as mind-numbingly
monotonous, this original book helps us rethink the Cultural
Revolution as a partly 'aesthetic' process. The excellent
scholarship and the evocative illustrations will make this book a
very important resource for scholars and teachers of the Cultural
Revolution.--Susan Brownell, University of Missouri
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