Picturing power in the People's Republic of China
Subtitle: posters of the Cultural Revolution
By: edited by Harriet Evans and Stephanie Donald.
Contributors: Evans, Harriet.; Donald, Stephanie.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
Subjects: University of Westminster -- Exhibitions; Political posters, Chinese -- Exhibitions; Political posters -- England -- London -- Exhibitions; China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Posters -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Other titles: Posters of the Cultural Revolution
Description: Provides an innovative reinterpretation of the cultural revolution through the medium of the poster -- a major component of popular print culture in China.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-157) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing posters of China's Cultural Revolution / Harriet Evans and Stephanie Donald; title: Excess and enthusiasm / John Gittings; title: Souvenirs of Beijing: authority and subjectivity in art historical memory / Craig Clunas; title: "Comrade sisters": gendered bodies and spaces / Harriet Evans; title: Children as political messengers: art, childhood, and continuity / Stephanie Donald; title: Growing up with posters in the Maoist era / Xiaomei Chen; title: Icons of power: Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution / Robert Benewick.