| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 308 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Making a revolutionary monument: the First Party Congress site -- Exhibiting New China: "Fangua Lane past and present" -- Curating belief: superstition versus science for young pioneers -- Cultivating consciousness: the class education exhibition -- The cultural revolution's object lessons: the exhibition of Red Guard achievements -- Antiquity in revolution: the Shanghai Museum |
| Summary |
How did China's Communist revolution transform the nation's political culture? In this rich and vivid history of the Mao period (1949-1976), Denise Y. Ho examines the relationship between its exhibitions and its political movements. Case studies from Shanghai show how revolution was curated: museum workers collected cultural and revolutionary relics; neighborhoods, schools, and work units mounted and narrated local displays; and exhibits provided ritual space for ideological lessons and political campaigns. Using archival sources, ephemera, interviews, and other materials, Ho traces the process by which exhibitions were developed, presented, and received. Examples under analysis range from the First Party Congress Site and the Shanghai Museum to the 'class education' and Red Guard exhibits that accompanied the Socialist Education Movement and the Cultural Revolution. Operating in two modes - that of a state in power and that of a state in revolution - Mao era exhibitionary culture remains part of China's revolutionary legacy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 05, 2021) |
| Subject |
Art and state -- China -- History
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Political culture -- China -- History
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Art and state
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Political culture
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China
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781108283830 |
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1108283837 |
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