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OverviewThese evocative stories bring to life the tragic personal impact of the Cultural Revolution on the families of China's intellectuals. Now adults, survivors recall their childhood during the tumultuous years between 1965 and 1976, when Mao's death finally drew a curtain on a bitterly failed social and political experiment. A series of first-person narratives eloquently describes the life-long influence of this seminal period on China's children. Those who were teenagers in the late 1960s joined the Red Guards and the revolutionary rebel groups, following Mao's directives to make revolution, often to their own undoing. Those who were too young to participate directly were even more vulnerable. Although they had little understanding of the political firestorm that engulfed their parents, they were old enough to understand and feel the terror it brought. Vividly capturing the emotional intensity of the time, these stories explore what it was like to be caught up in revolutionary fervour, to be sent to the countryside, to be separated, either ideologically or physically, from one's parents, often forever. By undermining families and family structure, the Cultural Revolution created a generation of Chinese who view politics, the Communist Party, and life itself with deep cynicism. Presenting a spectrum of individual stories of people who saw the Cultural Revolution through the eyes of a child, The Red Mirror offers rare insights for understanding the crippling legacy of the Cultural Revolution. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bruce Jones , Chihua Wen , Richard P. MadsenPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Imprint: Westview Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 14.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.242kg ISBN: 9780813324883ISBN 10: 0813324882 Pages: 170 Publication Date: 30 December 1994 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD  We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of Contents* Authors Introduction The Stories * Prisoners and Wardens * Butterflies and Rain * Familiar Weapons * Poems and Pigs * A Treat for My Father * Iron Grandma * For a Little Love * Sustaining Life * A Proper Lady * In Gorkys Footsteps * Class Origins * Presumed Guilt * No Adolescence * PostscriptReviewsAuthor InformationChihua Wen is a former editor and reporter for the Xinhua News Agency in Beijing. She earned an M.A. in sociology from the University of California at San Diego and an M.A. in Asian Studies from San Diego State University. Bruce Jones is a graduate student in the Department of Communication at the University of California at San Diego. Chihua Wen is a former editor and reporter for the Xinhua News Agency in Beijing. She earned an M.A. in sociology from the University of California at San Diego and an M.A. in Asian Studies from San Diego State University. Bruce Jones is a graduate student in the Department of Communication at the University of California at San Diego. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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