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Chinese posters : art from the great proletarian cultural revolution / Lincoln Cushing and Ann Tompkins.

Title
Chinese posters : art from the great proletarian cultural revolution / Lincoln Cushing and Ann Tompkins.
Author
Cushing, Lincoln, 1953-
Publication
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2007.

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Additional Authors
Tompkins, Ann
Description
143 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 27 cm.
Summary
"The posters in this book were produced during China's Cultural Revolution, one in a long series of mass campaigns undertaken by the Chinese Communist Party and a tumultuous period in the country's history in which an internal struggle within the party was taken to the citizens to determine the country's future. One of the primary public art forms of the period (roughly spanning 1966 to 1976), the thousands of posters produced during the Cultural Revolution presented ideological and idealized visions of Chinese society, agricultural and industrial production, education, the military. Communist heroes, and everyday role models. Chinese Posters presents a gallery of the most fascinating of these posters, providing insights on their social, political, and cultural background, and offers a first-hand account of life in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution, further illuminating the times and the roles of the posters in day-to-day life"--Front cover flap.
Subject
  • 1966-1976
  • Posters, Chinese
  • China > History > Art and the revolution. > Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976
  • China > History > Posters. > Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976
  • China > History > Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 > Art
Genre/Form
  • Art
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 138) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- People, poverty, politics, and posters -- Nature and transformation -- Production and mechanization -- Women hold up half the sky -- Serve the people -- Solidarity -- Politics in command -- After the cultural revolution.
ISBN
  • 9780811859462
  • 0811859460
LCCN
^^2007010993
OCLC
  • 86038498
  • SCSB-12750428
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library