{"product_id":"chinese-propaganda-posters-1","title":"Chinese Propaganda Posters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eHeroic workers, busy factories, and eager schoolchildren: this fascinating book brings together key artworks from Max Gottschalk’s collection of Chinese propaganda posters. Made between 1949 and the early 1980s, these posters document the utopian dreams of the Chinese Communist Party and its campaign for people’s hearts and minds. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 04 December 2021\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Taschen GmbH\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cp\u003e                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 2794g                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 341 x 523 x 33 (mm)                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9783836589512                            \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEdition number\u003c\/strong\u003e: Multilingual ed                          \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anchee Min,Duo Duo,Stefan R. Landsberger","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44103554367738,"sku":"9783836589512","price":35.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/chinese-propaganda-posters-1","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}