Chinese Posters Art from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

Name: Chinese Posters Art from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
Price: 11.97 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780811859462

ISBN-10: 0811859460

ISBN-13: 9780811859462

Edition: 2007

Authors: Lincoln Cushing, Ann Tompkins

List price: $19.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

2 new & used from $11.97

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

The Cultural Revolution in China produced thousands of powerful social and political posters exhorting the Chinese people in a sweeping transformation of Chinese society. These brilliantly colorful images of cultural celebration, industrial development, agricultural production, and revolutionary heroes were displayed in homes and public spaces across the country.Chinese Posterscollects more than 150 of the most striking of these posters and offers background on their social and political context and production. An essay by Ann Tompkins provides a personal account of living in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution.

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
Publication date: 9/27/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Introduction


Revolutionary Chinese Posters and Their Impact Abroad



People, Poverty, Politics, and Posters




Nature and Transformation



Production and Mechanization



Women Hold Up Half the Sky



Serve the People



Solidarity



Politics in Command



After the Cultural Revolution


Bibliography


Index of Posters by Title


Acknowledgments


Technical Note on the Production of this Book