Chairman Mao S Children

Author : Bin Xu
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108945295

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Chairman Mao's Children by Bin Xu Pdf

In the 1960s and 1970s, around 17 million Chinese youths were mobilized or forced by the state to migrate to rural villages and China's frontiers. Bin Xu tells the story of how this 'sent-down' generation have come to terms with their difficult past. Exploring representations of memory including personal life stories, literature, museum exhibits, and acts of commemoration, he argues that these representations are defined by a struggle to reconcile worthiness with the political upheavals of the Mao years. These memories, however, are used by the state to construct an official narrative that weaves this generation's experiences into an upbeat story of the 'China dream'. This marginalizes those still suffering and obscures voices of self-reflection on their moral-political responsibility for their actions. Xu provides careful analysis of this generation of 'Chairman Mao's children', caught between the political and the personal, past and present, nostalgia and regret, and pride and trauma.

Author : Anita Chan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1985-06-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349073177

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Children of Mao by Anita Chan Pdf

Author : Chihua Wen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429972362

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The Red Mirror by Chihua Wen Pdf

These evocative stories bring to life the tragic personal impact of the Cultural Revolution on the families of China's intellectuals. Now adults, survivors recall their childhood during the tumultuous years between 1965 and 1976, when Mao's death finally drew a curtain on a bitterly failed social and political experiment.A series of first-person narratives eloquently describes the life-long influence of this seminal period on China's children. Those who were teenagers in the late 1960s joined the Red Guards and the revolutionary rebel groups, following Mao's directives to make revolution, often to their own undoing. Those who were too young to participate directly were even more vulnerable. Although they had little understanding of the political firestorm that engulfed their parents, they were old enough to understand and feel the terror it brought. Vividly capturing the emotional intensity of the time, these stories explore what it was like to be caught up in revolutionary fervor, to be sent to the countryside, to be separated,either ideologically or physically,from one's parents, often forever.By undermining families and family structure, the Cultural Revolution created a generation of Chinese who view politics, the Communist Party, and life itself with deep cynicism. Presenting a spectrum of individual stories of people who saw the Cultural Revolution through the eyes of a child, The Red Mirror offers rare insights for understanding the crippling legacy of the Cultural Revolution.

Author : Ou Nianzhong,Liang Yongkang,Laura Maynard
Publisher : Merwinasia
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1937385671

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Mao's Lost Children by Ou Nianzhong,Liang Yongkang,Laura Maynard Pdf

A collection of memoirs from more than fifty zhiqings or young Chinese who suffered under the reign of Mao Zedong during the 1960s and 1970s.

Author : Mary Ann Farquhar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317475071

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Children's Literature in China: From Lu Xun to Mao Zedong by Mary Ann Farquhar Pdf

This book introduces the major works and debates in Chinese children's literature within the framework of China's revolution and modernization. It demonstrates that the guiding rationale in children's literature was the political importance of children as the nation's future.

Author : Yarong Jiang,David Ashley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136357602

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Mao's Children in the New China by Yarong Jiang,David Ashley Pdf

Around 18 million young Chinese people were sent to the countryside between 1966 and 1976 as part of the Cultural Revolution. Mao's Children in the New China allows some of them to tell their moving stories in their own voices for the first time. In this inspiring collection of interviews with former Red Guards, members of the first generation to be born under Chairman Mao talk frankly about the dramatic changes which have occurred in China over the last two decades. In discussing the impact these changes have had on their own lives, the former revolutionaries give a direct insight into how ex-Maoists view contemporary China, revealing an attitude perhaps more critical than that of most Western commentators. These poignant memoirs tell the very personal stories of how people from all walks of life were affected by both the cultural revolution and Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms. They cover subjects as diverse as marriage and divorce, the privatization of industry, family relationships, universities and the stock market. Mao's Children in the New China is essential reading for all those interested in learning more about the personal and social history of modern China.

Author : Andrþes Vera Martiþnez,Na Liu
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761365877

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Little White Duck by Andrþes Vera Martiþnez,Na Liu Pdf

A young girl describes her experiences growing up in China, beginning with the death of Chairman Mao in 1976.

Author : Baby Professor
Publisher : Speedy Publishing LLC
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781541922839

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Mao Zedong: The Founding Father of China - Biography of Famous People | Children's Biography Books by Baby Professor Pdf

Read about Mao Zedong and how he created China in this biography book for kids. Reading about how great men lived will help a child navigate through life. Sometimes, dreams are created when a child is inspired by others. Biography stories will teach a child that with hardwork, anything is possible. If Mao Zedong can do it, so can your little one.

Author : Xiaowei Zang
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : UVA:X030281392

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Children Of The Cultural Revolution by Xiaowei Zang Pdf

This analysis is based on interviews with over fifty Chinese immigrants who were students during the Cultural Revolution."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : American Delegation on Early Childhood D,American Delegation on Early Childhood Development in the People's Republic of China
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1975-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0300019173

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Childhood in China by American Delegation on Early Childhood D,American Delegation on Early Childhood Development in the People's Republic of China Pdf

A professional study team's observations on and evaluations of the development of Chinese children in the home, nursery, kindergarten, and primary and middle schools, language development and education in China, and delivery of health care to Chinese children

Author : Da Chen
Publisher : Laurel Leaf
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2004-07-13
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780440229261

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China's Son by Da Chen Pdf

A candid memoir of growing up during the Chinese Cultural Revolution that is sure to inspire. Da Chen grew up as an outcast in Communist China. His family’s legacy had been one of privilege prior to the revolution, but now in the Chairman Mao era, they are treated with scorn. For Da Chen, that means that all of his successes and academic achievements are nullified when one teacher tells him that, because of his “family’s crimes,” he can never be more than a poor farmer. Feeling his fate is hopeless, Da responds by dropping out. Da’s life takes a dark turn, and he soon begins hanging out with a gang. However, all is not lost. After Chairman Mao’s death, Da realizes that an education and college might be possible. He begins to study–all day and into the night. His entire family rallies to help him succeed, working long hours in the rice fields and going into debt to ensure that Da has an education. Their struggle would not be in vain. When the final exam results are posted, Da has one of the highest scores in the region, earning him a place at the prestigious Beijing University and a future free from the scars of his past. This inspiring memoir, adapted for young readers from Colors of the Mountain, is one that will rally readers to defy the odds. Praise for China’s Son “Humor and unflinching honesty inform the narrative, which is shot through with lyrical descriptions.”—Publishers Weekly “Da Chen’s narrative moves smoothly, communicating setting and character with an immediacy that will draw young readers in.”—Kirkus Reviews

Author : Baby Professor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1541915305

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Mao Zedong by Baby Professor Pdf

Read about Mao Zedong and how he created China in this biography book for kids. Reading about how great men lived will help a child navigate through life. Sometimes, dreams are created when a child is inspired by others. Biography stories will teach a child that with hardwork, anything is possible. If Mao Zedong can do it, so can your little one.

Author : Jung Chang,Jon Halliday
Publisher : Random House
Page : 1028 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780099507376

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Mao by Jung Chang,Jon Halliday Pdf

Jung Chang'S Wild Swans Was An Extraordinary Bestseller Throughout The World, Selling More Than 10 Million Copies And Reaching A Wider Readership Than Any Other Book About China. Now She And Her Husband Jon Halliday Have Written A Groundbreaking Biography Of Mao Tse-Tung. Based On A Decade Of Research, And On Interviews With Many Of Mao'S Close Circle In China Who Have Never Talked Before - And With Virtually Everyone Outside China Who Had Significant Dealings With Him - This Is The Most Authoritative Life Of Mao Ever Written. It Is Full Of Startling Revelations, Exploding The Myth Of The Long March, And Showing A Completely Unknown Mao: He Was Not Driven By Idealism Or Ideology; His Intimate And Intricate Relationship With Stalin Went Back To The 1920S, Ultimately Bringing Him To Power; He Welcomed Japanese Occupation Of Much Of China; And He Schemed, Poisoned And Blackmailed To Get His Way. After Mao Conquered China In 1949, His Secret Goal Was To Dominate The World. In Chasing This Dream He Caused The Deaths Of 38 Million People In The Greatest Famine In History. Combining Meticulous History With The Story-Telling Style Of Wild Swans, This Biography Makes Immediate Mao'S Roller-Coaster Life, As He Intrigued And Fought Every Step Of The Way To Force Through His Unpopular Decisions. The Reader Enters The Shadowy Chambers Of Mao'S Court, And Eavesdrops On The Drama In Its Hidden Recesses. Mao'S Character And The Enormity Of His Behaviour Towards His Wives, Mistresses And Children Are Unveiled For The First Time. This Is An Entirely Fresh Look At Mao In Both Content And Approach. It Will Astonish Historians And The General Reader Alike.

Author : Chun Yu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : China
ISBN : 1415578044

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Little Green by Chun Yu Pdf

I was born in a small city near the East Sea, when the Great Cultural Revolution began. My name is Little Green, my country Zhong Guo, the Middle Kingdom. When I was ten years old, our leader died and the revolution ended. And this is how I remember it. When Chun Yu was born in a small city in China, she was born into a country in revolution. The streets were filled with roaming Red Guards, the walls were covered with slogans, and reeducation meetings were held in all workplaces. Every family faced danger and humiliation, even the youngest children. Shortly after Chun's birth, her beloved father was sent to a peasant village in the countryside to be reeducated in the ways of Chairman Mao. Chun and her brother stayed behind with their mother, who taught in a country middle school where Mao's Little Red Book was a part of every child's education. Chun Yu's young life was witness to a country in turmoil, struggle, and revolution -- the only life she knew. This first-person memoir of a child's view of the Chinese Cultural Revolution is a stunning account of a country in crisis and a testimony to the spirit of the individual -- no matter how young or how innocent.

Author : Da Chen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0613929861

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China's Son by Da Chen Pdf

A Chinese American lawyer shares his memories of growing up in rural China during Mao's Cultural Revolution, describing how he struggled to overcome persecution and adversity to achieve an education.