{"product_id":"chinese-propaganda-posters-9783836589512","title":"Chinese Propaganda Posters","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith his smooth, warm, ruddy face which radiated light in all directions, Chairman \u003cstrong\u003eMao Zedong\u003c\/strong\u003e was a fixture in \u003cstrong\u003eChinese propaganda posters \u003c\/strong\u003eproduced between the birth of the People's Republic in 1949 and the early 1980s.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chairman Mao, portrayed as a \u003cstrong\u003estoic superhero\u003c\/strong\u003e (aka 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 \u003cstrong\u003ehow great the future of Communist China would be if everyone followed the same path toward utopia by uniting together\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This book brings together \u003cstrong\u003ea selection of colorful propaganda artworks and cultural artifacts\u003c\/strong\u003e from Max Gottschalk's vast collection of Chinese propaganda posters, many of which are now extremely rare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMin, Anchee:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Anchee Min was born and raised in Mao's China. A staunch party supporter, she was awarded the lead role in a film to be made by Mao's wife, Jiang Ching, but the death of Mao soon after caused the film to be cancelled. In 1984, Min emigrated to the United States and later wrote the bestselling biography Becoming Madame Mao.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLandsberger, Stefan R.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Stefan R. Landsberger holds a PhD in Sinology from Leiden University, Netherlands. He is a Lecturer at the Documentation and Research Centre for Modern China, Sinological Institute, Leiden University, and one of the editors of the journal China Information. Landsberger has published extensively on topics related to Chinese propaganda and he owns one of the largest private collections of Chinese propaganda posters in the world.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDuo Duo:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Poet and fiction writer Duo Duo was born in Beijing, China in 1951 and emigrated in 1989, later settling in the Netherlands, where he became a writer in residence at the Sinological Institute of Leiden University. He is considered one of the most outstanding poets to emerge after the Cultural Revolution.","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50567992017170,"sku":"9783836589512","price":50.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2cf1bc1d-4de4-4707-b224-368f117c9d3c.jpg?v=1731934927","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/chinese-propaganda-posters-9783836589512","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}