Madame Mao: The White-Boned Demon : Revised Edition / Ross Terrill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Terrill, Ross, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (424 p.) : 39 illustrations

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This is the most complete and authoritative account of the childhood and tumultuous life of Jiang Qing, from her early years as an aspiring actress to her marriage and partnership with Mao Zedong, the controversial years of power after Mao's death, her final years of disgrace and imprisonment, and her suicide in 1991.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

1 Prologue: "I Was Mao's Dog"

2 Growing Up, Reaching Out ( 1914-33)

3 Onstage in Shanghai ( 1933-37)

4 Mao's Housewife in Yanan ( 1938-49)

5 Letdown ( 1950s)

6 Recovery and Revenge: Politics as Theater ( 1960s)

7 Bid to Be Empress ( 1970s)

8 "Shut Up, Jiang Qing"

Postscript

Reference Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)

ISBN:

1-5036-1885-4

OCLC:

1294425370