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- Book Title
- Material Contradictions in Mao's China
- Publication Date
- 2022-12-08
- Pages
- 264
- ISBN
- 9780295750842
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Material Contradictions in Mao's China
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Item Length
- 0.4in
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Item Width
- 0.2in
- Item Weight
- 19.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 264 Pages
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The growth of markets and consumerism in China's post-Mao era of political and economic reform is a story familiar to many. By contrast, the Mao period (1949-1976)--rightly framed as a time of scarcity--initially appears to have had little material culture to speak of. Yet people attributed great meaning to materials and objects often precisely because they were rare and difficult to obtain. This first volume devoted to the material history of the period explores the paradox of material culture under Chinese Communist Party rule and illustrates how central materiality was to individual and collective desire, social and economic construction of the country, and projections of an imminent socialist utopia within reach of every man and woman, if only they worked hard enough.Bringing together scholars of Chinese art, cinema, culture, performance, and more, this volume shares groundbreaking research on the objects and practices of everyday life in Mao's China, from bamboo and bricks to dance and film. With engaging narratives and probing analysis, the contributors make a place for China's experience in the history of global material culture and the study of socialist modernity.
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Publisher
University of Washington Press
ISBN-10
0295750847
ISBN-13
9780295750842
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3058370090
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Material Contradictions in Mao's China
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2022
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
0.4in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
0.2in
Item Weight
19.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Cpb
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College Graduate Student
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In addition to the variety of subjects covered, the richness of the book ? and the pleasure derived from reading it ? lies in the wide range of sources used: Party publications, popular media, general magazines, professional journals, comic books, technical manuals, as well as guidebooks, texts written by intellectuals, propaganda posters, films or customs regulations. The reader travels from rural to urban China, from construction sites to restaurant kitchens, from cinemas to car factories. This book confirms how important it is for historical research to draw on a wide variety of sources to capture the depth of everyday life., The edited volume greatly enriches our understanding of PRC history by shifting our attention away from textual sources and oral histories to the stories objects and materials tell us about the times they shaped and about the people who handled them.
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction: Making Revolution Material / Jennifer Altehenger and Denise Y. Ho 1. Bamboo Objects and Socialist Construction / Jennifer Altehenger 2. The Brick / Cole Roskam 3. Design and Handicraft / Christine I. Ho 4. Dance Props and the Rural Imaginary / Emily Wilcox 5. Mobile Projectionists and the Things They Carried / Jie Li 6. Outside Objects and Material Propaganda / Denise Y. Ho 7. The Problematics of Plenty / Laurence Coderre 8. Nationalizing Food Provision in Beijing / Madeleine Yue Dong 9. One Country, Two Material Cultures / Jacob Eyferth 10. The Makings of China's Cold War Motor City / Covell F. Meyskens Afterword: Material Culture and the Socialist Uncanny in Mao?s China / Jonathan Bach Chinese Character Glossary Selected Bibliography List of Contributors Index
Copyright Date
2023
Topic
Asia / General, Asia / China
Lccn
2022-015137
Dewey Decimal
306.095109045
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
History
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