Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In addition to the variety of subjects covered, the richness of the book – and the pleasure derived from reading it – lies in the wide range of sources used: Party publications, popular media, general magazines, professional journals, comic books, technical manuals, as well as guidebooks, texts written by intellectuals, propaganda posters, films or customs regulations. The reader travels from rural to urban China, from construction sites to restaurant kitchens, from cinemas to car factories. This book confirms how important it is for historical research to draw on a wide variety of sources to capture the depth of everyday life."
* China Quarterly *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction: Making Revolution Material / Jennifer Altehenger and Denise Y. Ho
1. Bamboo Objects and Socialist Construction / Jennifer Altehenger
2. The Brick / Cole Roskam
3. Design and Handicraft / Christine I. Ho
4. Dance Props and the Rural Imaginary / Emily Wilcox
5. Mobile Projectionists and the Things They Carried / Jie Li
6. Outside Objects and Material Propaganda / Denise Y. Ho
7. The Problematics of Plenty / Laurence Coderre
8. Nationalizing Food Provision in Beijing / Madeleine Yue Dong
9. One Country, Two Material Cultures / Jacob Eyferth
10. The Makings of China's Cold War Motor City / Covell F. Meyskens
Afterword: Material Culture and the Socialist Uncanny in Mao’s China / Jonathan Bach
Chinese Character Glossary
Selected Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
