"Staging Revolution refutes the deep-rooted notion that art overtly in the service of politics is by definition devoid of artistic merits. As a prominent component shaping the culture of the Cultural Revolution, model Beijing Opera (jingju) is the epitome of art used for politic…
Cartoonists. Ding Cong's true story of the outcast Ah Q -- Feng Zikai protests the giant hedge cutters -- Academy painters and president. Li Keran's luminous path through mountains -- Li Kuchan's eagle gazes far -- Huang Yongyu's eye talk -- Pan Tianshou's nocturne for a plum tr…
The Art of Resistance' surveys the lives of seven painters - Ding Cong (1916-2009), Feng Zikai (1898-1975), Li Keran (1907-89), Li Kuchan (1898-1983), Huang Yongyu (b. 1924), Pan Tianshou (1897-1971), and Shi Lu (1919-82)-during China's Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), a time wh…
"This pathbreaking book offers the first in-depth study of Chinese labor activism during the momentous upheaval of the Cultural Revolution. Arguing that labor was working at cross purposes, the authors explore three distinctive and different forms of working-class protest: rebel…
Den frygtede kvinde var født af en konkubine og opdraget af bedsteforældrene. Som skuespiller mødte og ægtede hun Mao. Hendes magt og kynisme gav hende mange fjender, inden hun endte i fængsel
Der Band stellt mehr als sechzig der wichtigsten politischen und sozialwissenschaftlichen Texte des 20. Jahrhunderts vor - von Lenin bis Mao, von Gandhi bis Mbembe, von Maududi, Qutb, Arendt und Popper bis Habermas, Butler und Sen. Sie alle werden von führenden Experten interpre…
"This compelling book provides a meticulously documented account of officially sanctioned cannibalism in the southwestern province of Guangxi during the Cultural Revolution. Drawing on his unique access to local archives of the Chinese Communist Party and on extensive interviews…
"This compelling book provides a meticulously documented account of officially sanctioned cannibalism in the southwestern province of Guangxi during the Cultural Revolution. Drawing on his unique access to local archives of the Chinese Communist Party and on extensive interviews…
"This compelling book provides a meticulously documented account of officially sanctioned cannibalism in the southwestern province of Guangxi during the Cultural Revolution. Drawing on his unique access to local archives of the Chinese Communist Party and on extensive interviews…
"In 1981 the Communist Party of China declared: "The Cultural Revolution", which lasted from May 1966 to October 1976, was responsible for the heaviest losses suffered by the Party, the state and the people since the founding of the People's Republic. The civilizational crisis c…
In 1981 the Communist Party of China declared: ""The 'Cultural Revolution', which lasted from May 1966 to October 1976, was responsible for the heaviest losses suffered by the Party, the state and the people since the founding of the People's Republic"". The civilizational crisi…
"The trial of Cultural Revolution leaders, including Mao's widow and her Gang of Four, was the signal event in China's post-Mao transition. In its wake, Chinese socialism emerged from the rubble of the Cultural Revolution to create the China that we know today. This spectacular …
