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Eight outcasts : social and political marginalization in China under Mao / Yang Kuisong ; translated and with an introduction by Gregor Benton and Ye Zhen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yang, Kuisong, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China--History--1949-1976.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (370 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- The 1949 Communist Revolution marked a period of earthshaking change in China. Political, economic, ideological, and cultural movements galvanized the country, culminating in dramatic social transformations at all levels, including the persecution of hundreds of thousands of the country’s citizens. Based on normally inaccessible records of confessions, interrogations, trial transcripts, and depositions, Eight Outcasts tells the stories of eight victims of the Maoist dictatorship. It introduces readers to individuals accused of infractions such as corruption, political wrong thinking, homosexuality, illicit sexual activity, foreign ties, or “historical problems” (connections to the former Kuomintang regime) in the period between the revolution and Mao’s death in 1976. Each chapter brings stories of China’s voiceless citizens to light, broadening our knowledge of this important transitional period.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Translators’ introduction
- Author’s preface
- Author’s introduction
- 1 Returning to the People’s Road The New Regime’s Definition of Hostile Elements
- 2 The Consequences of Concealing History How a Worker Cadre Came to be Classified as a “Bad Element”
- 3 The Irremovable Hat The Later Years of a “Historical Counter-Revolutionary”
- 4 The Price of “Reaction” The Emergence and Discovery of an “Active Counter-Revolutionary”
- 5 The “Fall” of a Branch Secretary of the Communist Youth League How a Young Teacher Became a “Bad Element”
- 6 Weighty Files What Happened When a Cultural Teacher Handed Over His Diary
- 7 “Non-Political Detention” A Person Who “Went Through The Back Door” and Became a “Violator of Law and Order”
- 8 The Curse of the “Overseas Connection” How a Former Technical Worker Became an “Active Counter-Revolutionary”
- Chronology
- Glossary
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780520974241
- 0520974247
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