Burden or legacy : from the Chinese cultural revolution to contemporary art / Jiang Jiehong.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Jiang, Jiehong.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Art, Chinese--20th century.
• Art, Chinese--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book consists of six papers by the scholars and the artists in China and in the UK, discussing contemporary Chinese art with the influence from the Chinese Cultural Revolution.

Contents:

• Preface
• Burden or legacy: from the Chinese Cultural Revolution to contemporary art
• From Red Guard art to contemporary art
• The image of Mao Zedong and contemporary Chinese art
• Mesmerized by power
• Why the manic grin? Hysterical bodies: contemporary art as (male) trauma in post-Cultural Revolution China
• It is not merely a memory
• Glossary.

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

• 1-282-75035-6
• 9786612750359
• 988-220-553-4

OCLC:

707092893