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With his smooth, warm, red face which radiated light in all directions, Chairman Mao Zedong was a fixture in Chinese propaganda posters produced between the birth of the People's Republic in 1949 and the early 1980s. These infamous posters were, in turn, central fixtures in Chinese homes, railway stations, schools, journals, magazines, and just about anywhere else where people were likely to see them. Chairman Mao, portrayed as a stoic superhero (a.k.a. the Great Teacher, the Great Leader, the Great Helmsman, the Supreme Commander), appeared in all kinds of situations (inspecting factories, smoking a cigarette with peasant workers, standing by the Yangzi River in a bathrobe, presiding over the bow of a ship, or floating over a sea of red flags), flanked by strong, healthy, ageless men and ""masculinized"" women and children wearing baggy, sexless, drab clothing.

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"Hello Kitty aesthetics meets scary Mao. A Cultural Revolution in a Book. Not for the faint hearted."

Product details Paperback 239 pages Publisher Taschen; 25th Anniversary edition (April 1, 2008) Language English ISBN-10 3836503166

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Chinese Propaganda Posters from the Collection of Michael Wolf Anchee Min Duo Duo Stefan R Landsbergrer Michael Wolf 9783836503167 Books Reviews :

Chinese Propaganda Posters from the Collection of Michael Wolf Anchee Min Duo Duo Stefan R Landsbergrer Michael Wolf 9783836503167 Books Reviews

• What a fantastic collection of Chinese posters from the 1950s to the early 80s. The color images are so vivid and give me such a joy!
  
  However, the English text is rather odd, to say the least. Guess what "INVESTIGATIONS AND STUDY" means in the posters? They are actually "scientific research" in Chinese. Fortunately, a picture is worth a thousand words, we have plenty of them in this book already!
• This great book is about "modern" chinese propaganda posters. This means that you won't find any "war" or "fighting the enemy" poster in the mood of soviet war propaganda posters.
  But it shows perfectly how communism deals with imaginery and everyday life posters about good behaviour, attention to the oldest people, school attitude and respect between country and city workers.
  
  A lesson of visual propaganda for a era (1954-1981) obsolete and out of time.
• The posters are arranged according to the "red book" and not chronology, that's give them the correct social content.
  The forward articles are very interesting. At 11$ this is a good buy.
• Hello Kitty aesthetics meets scary Mao. A Cultural Revolution in a Book. Not for the faint hearted.