Shades of Mao: The Posthumous Cult of the Great Leader - The Posthumous Cult of the Great Leader

"Essays, poems, songs, folkloric anecdotes and photographs celebrating the myth of Mao. ... The editor supplies an insightful, and cohesing introduction". -- Reference & Research Book News
"(A) highly entertaining and informative collection of translations of official, admiring, tacky, but sometimes also highly critical writings, and illustrations of objects, all featuring Mao. ... A must-have book for everybody interested in contemporary China, Mao, and his legacy now and in the future". -- China Information

List of contents

Acknowledgments, The Irresistible Fall and Rise of Chairman Mao, Illustrations, A Note on the Translations, Translations, MAOONMAO, THE MYSTERIOUS CIRCLE OF MAO ZEDONG, DENG XIAOPING: MAO IN SHORT, THE PARTY ON MAO, A SPECTER PROWLS OUR LAND, DOCUMENTING THE DEMISE, MAO, A BEST-SELLER, THE MAO PHENOMENON: A SURVIVOR'S CRITIQUE, CRAZED CRITICS: TWO VIEWS OF LI JIE, FROM SARTRE TO MAO ZEDONG, PERMANENTLY ON HEAT: AN INTERVIEW WITH COMRADE DENG LIQUN, A FAN FROM WAY BACK, A TYPOLOGY OF THE MAOCRAZE, THE SUN NEVER SETS, A STAR REFLECTS ON THE SUN, IN A GLASS DARKLY: AN INTERVIEW WITH GU YUE, DRACO VOLANS EST IN COELO, LET THE RED SUN SHINE IN (A FORUM) THE RED SUN: SINGING THE PRAISES OF CHAIRMAN MAO A PLACE IN THE PANTHEON: MAO AND FOLK RELIGION, CULTREV RELICS, HANGING MAO, THE IMPRISONED HEART: CONSUMING MAO, DRUNK IN THE RAPESEED PATCH, MAO SPEAK, MARTIAL MAO, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE?, PUBLISH AND PERISH, THE MAOCRAZY WEST, ALL THAT'S FIT TO PRINT, IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE GREAT, PRAISE BE TO MAO, SPARING MAO A THOUGHT, THE LAST TEN-THOUSAND WORDS, GALLUPING MAO: A 1993 OPINION POLL, CHAIRMAN MAO GRAFFITI, THE SPECTER OF MAO ZEDONG, MUSICAL CHAIRMEN, Sources, Glossary of Chinese Terms, Bibliography, Index

About the author

Geremie Barme

Summary

"Essays, poems, songs, folkloric anecdotes and photographs celebrating the myth of Mao. ... The editor supplies an insightful, and cohesing introduction". -- Reference & Research Book News
"(A) highly entertaining and informative collection of translations of official, admiring, tacky, but sometimes also highly critical writings, and illustrations of objects, all featuring Mao. ... A must-have book for everybody interested in contemporary China, Mao, and his legacy now and in the future". -- China Information

Product details

• Authors: Geremie Barme, Barme Geremie
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.1995
• EAN: 9781563246784
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-678-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Cultural Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays, HISTORY / Essays, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Asian History, Literary essays, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Marxism & Communism