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Author : Frances Wood
Release : 2011
Genre : Grenades
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Book Rating : 267/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hand-Grenade Practice in Peking by : Frances Wood
Download or read book Hand-Grenade Practice in Peking written by Frances Wood. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hodder & Stoughton
Release : 2000-02
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Book Rating : 154/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hand-Grenade Practice Peking Tsp by : Hodder & Stoughton
Download or read book Hand-Grenade Practice Peking Tsp written by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2000-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Amy Jane Barnes
Release : 2016-04-15
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 011/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Museum Representations of Maoist China by : Amy Jane Barnes
Download or read book Museum Representations of Maoist China written by Amy Jane Barnes. This book was released on 2016-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collection, interpretation and display of art from the People’s Republic of China, and particularly the art of the Cultural Revolution, have been problematic for museums. These objects challenge our perception of ’Chineseness’ and their style, content and the means of their production question accepted notions of how we perceive art. This book links art history, museology and visual culture studies to examine how museums have attempted to reveal, discuss and resolve some of these issues. Amy Jane Barnes addresses a series of related issues associated with collection and display: how museums deal with difficult and controversial subjects; the role they play in mediating between the object and the audience; the role of the Other in the creation of Self and national identities; the nature, role and function of art in society; the museum as image-maker; the impact of communism (and Maoism) on the cultural history of the twentieth-century; and the appropriation of communist visual iconography. This book will be of interest to researchers and students of museology, visual and cultural studies as well as scholars of Chinese and revolutionary art.
Author : M.A. Aldrich
Release : 2008-03-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 773/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Search for a Vanishing Beijing by : M.A. Aldrich
Download or read book The Search for a Vanishing Beijing written by M.A. Aldrich. This book was released on 2008-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Search for a Vanishing Beijing weaves the genres of travel essays and travel guides into a comprehensive narrative about the cultural mosaic of the capital of China.
Author : Beverley Hooper
Release : 2016-07-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 748/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Foreigners under Mao by : Beverley Hooper
Download or read book Foreigners under Mao written by Beverley Hooper. This book was released on 2016-07-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines the lives of six different groups of Westerners: ‘foreign comrades’ who made their home in Mao’s China, twenty-two former Korean War POWs who controversially chose China ahead of repatriation, diplomats of Western countries that recognized the People’s Republic, the few foreign correspondents permitted to work in China, ‘foreign experts’, and language students. Each of these groups led distinct lives under Mao, while sharing the experience of a highly politicized society and of official measures to isolate them from everyday China. ‘This book is enjoyable and engaging. The author introduces a small but dynamic collection of enthusiastic international participants in post-1949 China showing unquestioned loyalty to Mao’s ideals. Equally intriguing are the alternate stories of diplomats and reporters existing far outside the mainstream of Chinese life and trusted by neither the Chinese nor the international supporters.’ —Edgar A. Porter, Professor Emeritus, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University; author of The People’s Doctor: George Hatem and China’s Revolution ‘A well-written survey about the variety of Westerners who lived and worked in the People’s Republic of China between 1949 and 1976. This is a welcome addition to the “sojourner” literature about foreigners who lived in twentieth-century socialist countries. The scholarship, which includes the review of memoirs, archival materials, and secondary works, is impressive and comprehensive.’ —Stephen R. MacKinnon, Arizona State University; co-author of China Reporting: An Oral History of American Journalism in the 1930s and 1940s
