Red memory : the afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution / Tania Branigan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Branigan, Tania, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976--Personal narratives.

China.

China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976--Influence.

China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976--Public opinion.

China--Politics and government--1949-1976.

Collective memory--China--History--20th century.

Collective memory.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Personal narratives.

History.

Physical Description:

283 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2023]

Summary:

""It is impossible to understand China today without understanding the Cultural Revolution," Tania Branigan writes. During this decade of Maoist fanaticism between 1966 and 1976, children turned on parents, students condemned teachers, and as many as twomillion people died for their supposed political sins, while tens of millions were hounded, ostracized, and imprisoned. Yet in China this brutal and turbulent period exists, for the most part, as an absence; official suppression and personal trauma have conspired in national amnesia. Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the stories of individuals who lived through the madness"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"First published in the United Kingdom by Faber and Faber Limited in 2023 under the title Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China's Cultural Revolution"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-279).

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Keyes Fund bookplate.

Other Edition:

Reproduction of: 9781783352647 Branigan, Tania. London : Faber & Faber, 2023

ISBN:

9781324051954

1324051957

OCLC:

1377558716