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Collecting the Revolution : British engagements with Chinese Cultural Revolution material culture / Emily R. Williams.

Author/creator Williams, Emily R. author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]
Descriptionxxvii, 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Portion of title British engagements with Chinese Cultural Revolution material culture
Contents Introduction -- Part I. : 1. Visualising the Cultural Revolution in British Popular Culture -- 2. Idealising the Cultural Revolution: Huxian peasant painting and the British art world -- 3. Experiencing China through Material Culture: the British in China and their objects -- Part II. : 4. Individual Collections: the global journeys of Cultural Revolution objects -- 5. Public collections: Collection and display of Cultural Revolution objects in British public institutions -- Conclusion: Legacies of Engagements with Cultural Revolution Objects.
Abstract "An exploration of British engagements with Chinese Cultural Revolution material culture over the period 1966 to the present. It examines the ways in which the Cultural Revolution and Chinese Communism was more broadly understood, mediated, and represented through its art and propaganda and material culture"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 161-176) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Williams, Emily R. Collecting the Revolution Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022] 9781538150689
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2021054687
ISBN9781538150672
ISBN1538150670 hardcover
ISBNelectronic publication

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