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A Human Face for the Cultural Revolution,
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This review is from: Biography of a Chairman Mao Badge: The Creation and Mass Consumption of a Personality Cult (Library Binding)
A little over a year ago, one of my student's mothers presented me with one of her Chairman Mao pins (badges). As an American living in China, I wasn't sure what to think, or even if I should accept it--and in accordance to tradition, I did turn it down twice before accepting it. I remember her saying that she had been "crazy about collecting Chairman Mao pins" but I didn't realize until reading "A Biography of a Chairman Mao Badge" how widespread the phenomenon had been, nor the various reasons for this obsession. Melissa Schrift's book is well-writen, informative, and interesting. She escapes the overly technical trappings of so many academic analyses of the Cultural Revolution and helps the reader understand some of the subtleties of the Cultural Revolution without patronizing her audience. In my opinion, anyone interested in studying the Cultural Revolution or Mao's cult of personality needs to read this book. |
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Biography of a Chairman Mao Badge: The Creation and Mass Consumption of a Personality Cult by Melissa Schrift (Paperback - June 1, 2001)
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