Red Shadows
Red Shadows
Peidong Sun, Fudan University, Shanghai
Chris Berry, King's College London
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USDChina's convulsive Cultural Revolution was conceived in 1966 as a 'great revolution that would touch the people to their very souls'. How are we to assess its impact fifty years on? In this volume, leading social and political scientists, historians and anthropologists examine the long-lasting consequences of the political, social, economic and cultural upheaval unleashed by Mao Zedong. Contributions from authors working within and outside the People's Republic of China consider the impact of this tumultuous mass movement from perspectives as diverse as market-based economic reform, clothing and fashion, the grassroots movements of late 1960s across the globe and the so-called 'lost generation' of sent-down youth. We find that collective and personal memories of the Cultural Revolution and its enduring institutional and social legacies continue to exert a profound effect on China and the Chinese people today.
- Leading social and political scientists, historians and anthropologists examine the consequences of the Cultural Revolution in China fifty years on
- Considers the political, economic and cultural ramifications of the revolution
- Academics examine the Cultural Revolution from diverse perspectives, from clothing and fashion to the 'lost generation' of educated youth
Product details
March 2017Paperback
9781316604755
340 pages
240 × 155 × 13 mm
0.32kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Preface. The once and future tragedy of the Cultural Revolution Roderick MacFarquhar
- Introduction. The Cultural Revolution: memories and legacies fifty years on Patricia Thornton and Chris Berry
- 1. Bending the arc of Chinese history: the Cultural Revolution's paradoxical legacy Andrew Walder
- 2. The Cultural Revolution and its legacies in international perspective Julia Lovell
- 3. Mummify the working class: the Cultural Revolution and the fates of the political parties Alessandro Russo
- 4. Debates on constitutionalism and the legacies of the Cultural Revolution Wu Changchang
- 5. The Cultural Revolution as a crisis of representation Patricia Thornton
- 6. Cultural Revolution as method Michael Dutton
- 7. Whodunnit? Memory and politics before the 50th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik and Cui Jinke
- 8. Restricted, distorted but alive: the memory of the 'lost generation' of Chinese educated youth Michel Bonnin
- 9. The collar revolution: everyday clothing in Guangdong as resistance in the Cultural Revolution Sun Peidong
- 10. The silent revolution: decollectivization from below during the Cultural Revolution Frank Dikötter.
