Chinese Propaganda Posters [from the collection of Michael Wolf]

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English, German, French Publication details: Köln Taschen 2008Edition: Taschen's 25. anniversary special edDescription: 239 p. 34/24/2,8 cm PaperbackISBN:

9783836503167

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DDC classification:

320
740 320

Other classification:

KU 937 CHIN
15.79
ang

Summary: With his smooth, warm, ruddy 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. Chairman Mao, portrayed as a stoic superhero (aka 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. The goal of each poster was to show the Chinese people what sort of behavior was considered morally correct and how great the future of Communist China would be if everyone followed the same path toward utopia by uniting together. This book brings together a selection of colorful propaganda artworks and cultural artifacts from Max Gottschalk's vast collection of Chinese propaganda posters, many of which are now extremely rare.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Books	GESM Library Main Library	English Non-Fiction Adolescent-Adult	ENA 320 MIN	Available	Good Condition (Spine Repaired)		E2400392

with essays by Anchee Min, Duo Duo and Stefan R. Landsberger. Ed. direction: Benedikt Taschen. Engl. transl.: Isabel Varea and Karen Waloschek. German transl.: Jie Zhao; Brigitte Beier. French transl.: Cathérine Henry; Annie Berthold

With his smooth, warm, ruddy 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. Chairman Mao, portrayed as a stoic superhero (aka 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. The goal of each poster was to show the Chinese people what sort of behavior was considered morally correct and how great the future of Communist China would be if everyone followed the same path toward utopia by uniting together. This book brings together a selection of colorful propaganda artworks and cultural artifacts from Max Gottschalk's vast collection of Chinese propaganda posters, many of which are now extremely rare.

Text engl., dt., franz.

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