The Chinese Cultural Revolution : a history / Paul Clark, the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
"A groundbreaking study of cultural life during a turbulent and formative decade in contemporary China, this book seeks to explode several myths about the Cultural Revolution (officially 1966-1976). Through national and local examination of the full range of cultural forms (film, opera, dance,...
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Cambridge ; New York :
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2008.
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Table of Contents:
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology of cultural and political developments, 1949-1980s
- Introduction : a revolution in culture
- [pt]. 1. Modelling a new culture
- 1. Modernizing Chinese opera
- 2. The start of the Cultural Revolution
- 3. The first five model operas
- 4. The art of the model operas
- [pt]. 2. Spreading the new models
- 1. Proclaiming the model performances
- 2. Other model operas
- 3. Transplanting the models
- 4. The importance of the model performances
- 5. Reorganizing the ranks
- [pt]. 3. Fixing culture on film
- 1. Films besieged
- 2. Cleansing the ranks
- 3. Fixing the model performances on film
- 4. New-style feature films
- 5. Growing the industry, pleasing audiences
- [pt]. 4. Elaborating culture : dance, music, stage and fine arts
- 1. Dancing for the Revolution
- 2. Scoring the Revolution : music
- 3. Staging culture : spoken drama, Quyi, and other performance forms
- 4. Visualizing the modern : fine arts and architecture
- [pt]. 5. Writing wrongs : public and private fictions and resistance
- 1. Models on the page : official literature
- 2. Hidden pleasures : unofficial, underground literature
- 3. Model assertions : criticizing works
- 4. Screening resistance : films under attack
- [pt]. 6. Conclusion : Forcing modernity
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.