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The making and remaking of China's "red classics" politics, aesthetics, and mass culture / edited by Rosemary Roberts and Li Li.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: HK : Hong Kong University Press, (c)2018.Description: 1 online resource (236 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789888455003
  • 9888455001
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HX523 .M355 2018
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Creating the Canon: The â#x80;#x9C;Red Classicsâ#x80;#x9D; in the Maoist Era; 1. The â#x80;#x9C;Red Classicâ#x80;#x9D; That Never Was; 2. Great Changes in Critical Reception; 3. How to Tell a Story of Imprisonment; 4. How Is Revolution â#x80;#x9C;Popularizedâ#x80;#x9D;?; 5. Shaping the â#x80;#x9C;Red Classicsâ#x80;#x9D; of Chinese Art in Early Socialist China; Images 5.1-15; 6. Castration for the People; PART II -- Making over the Canon: The â#x80;#x9C;Red Classicsâ#x80;#x9D; in the Reform Era; 7. The Politics and Aesthetics of Rediscovering Heroes of the â#x80;#x9C;Red Classicsâ#x80;#x9D; in Lianhuanhua of the Reform Era
Subject: The Making and Remaking of China's "Red Classics" is the first full-length work to bring together research on the "red classics" across the entire Maoist period through to the reform era. It covers a representative range of genres including novels, short stories, films, TV series, picture books, animation, and traditional-style paintings. Collectively, the chapters offer a panoramic view of the production and reception of the original "red classics" and the adaptations and remakes of such works after the Cultural Revolution. The contributors present fascinating stories of how a work came to be.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I -- Creating the Canon: The â#x80;#x9C;Red Classicsâ#x80;#x9D; in the Maoist Era; 1. The â#x80;#x9C;Red Classicâ#x80;#x9D; That Never Was; 2. Great Changes in Critical Reception; 3. How to Tell a Story of Imprisonment; 4. How Is Revolution â#x80;#x9C;Popularizedâ#x80;#x9D;?; 5. Shaping the â#x80;#x9C;Red Classicsâ#x80;#x9D; of Chinese Art in Early Socialist China; Images 5.1-15; 6. Castration for the People; PART II -- Making over the Canon: The â#x80;#x9C;Red Classicsâ#x80;#x9D; in the Reform Era; 7. The Politics and Aesthetics of Rediscovering Heroes of the â#x80;#x9C;Red Classicsâ#x80;#x9D; in Lianhuanhua of the Reform Era

8. The Cultural Indigenization of a Soviet â#x80;#x9C;Red Classicâ#x80;#x9D; Hero9. The Red Sister-in-Law Remakes; 10. Families, Intellectuals, and Enemies in the â#x80;#x9C;Red Classicâ#x80;#x9D; Remake New Tunnel Warfare; Contributors; Index

The Making and Remaking of China's "Red Classics" is the first full-length work to bring together research on the "red classics" across the entire Maoist period through to the reform era. It covers a representative range of genres including novels, short stories, films, TV series, picture books, animation, and traditional-style paintings. Collectively, the chapters offer a panoramic view of the production and reception of the original "red classics" and the adaptations and remakes of such works after the Cultural Revolution. The contributors present fascinating stories of how a work came to be.

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