Chinese propaganda posters.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Min, Anchee, 1957-

Duoduo, 1951-

Landsberger, Stefan.

Zhang, Jie, 1937-2022.

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Political posters, Chinese.

Posters, Chinese--20th century.

Posters, Chinese.

Propaganda, Chinese.

Propaganda, Communist--China.

Propaganda, Communist.

China.

Physical Description:

319 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portrait, color facsimiles ; 37 cm

Place of Publication:

Köln ; Los Angeles : Taschen, 2003.

Language Note:

Text in English, French and German.

Summary:

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. 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. Combining fact and fiction in a way typical of propaganda art, these posters exuded positive vibes and seemed to suggest that Mao was an omnipresent force that would accompany China to happiness and greatness. This book brings together a selection of colorful propaganda artworks and cultural artifacts from photographer Michael Wolf's vast collection of Chinese propaganda posters, many of which are now extremely rare.

Contents:

The girl in the poster / Anchee Min

Looking at the propaganda posters / Duo Duo

The rise and fall of the Chinese propaganda poster / Stefan R. Landsberger.

Notes:

"Part of Michael Wolf's propaganda poster collection. The posters have been arranged in an order that corresponds with the chapters in The little red book (or Quotations from chairman Mao)"--Imprint.

ISBN:

3822826197

OCLC:

52396023