Originally published by UBC Press, this paperback edition by Hong Kong University Press cover the arts of the Cultural Revolution decade, both as they were seen in the 1960s and 1970s, and as they have been reinvented and appropriated since then.

'Forty years after China's tumultuous Cultural Revolution, this book revisits the visual and performing arts of the period – the paintings, propaganda posters, political cartoons, sculpture, folk arts, private sketchbooks, opera, and ballet – and examines what these vibrant, militant, often gaudy images meant to artists, their patrons, and their audiences at the time, and what they mean now, both in their original forms and as revolutionary icons reworked for a new market-oriented age. Chapters by scholars of Chinese history and art and by artists whose careers were shaped by the Cultural Revolution offer new insights into works that have transcended their times.' - from publisher's website.

Includes bibliography and biographies of contributors.
Alternative title

Contemporary Chinese Studies

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Onsite

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Location code
REF.KIR4
Language

English

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Publication/Creation date

2010

No of pages

282

ISBN / ISSN

9789888028641

No of copies

1

Content type

anthology

Chapter headings

Introduction: Vibrant Images of a Turbulent Decade - Richard KING, Jan WALLS

Part 1: Artists and the State

The Art of the Cultural Revolution - Julia F. ANDREWS, 安雅蘭

Summoning Confucius: Inside Shi Lu's Imagination - Shelley Drake HAWKS

Part 2: Artists Remember: Two Memoirs

Brushes Are Weapons: An Art School and Its Artists - ZHENG Shengtian, 鄭勝天

When We Were Young: Up to the Mountains, Down to the Villages - GU Xiong, 顧雄

Part 3: Meanings Then and Now

The Rent Collection Courtyard, Past and Present - Britta ERICKSON, 林似竹

Hu Xian Peasant Painting: From Revolutionary Icon to Market Commodity - Ralph CROIZIER, 郭適

Part 4: Beyond the Visual Arts

Model Theatrical Works and the Remodelling of the Cultural Revolution - Paul CLARK

Feminism in the Revolutionary Model Ballets The White-Haired Girl and The Red Detachment of Women - BAI Di

Fantasies of Battle: Making the Militant Hero Prominent - Richard KING

Art in Turmoil: The Chinese Cultural Revolution, 1966-76
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Art in Turmoil: The Chinese Cultural Revolution, 1966-76

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