Enchanted revolution : ghosts, shamans, and gender politics in Chinese Communist propaganda, 1942-1953 /

"The theoretical, methodological, and comparative frameworks for the discussion of religion, gender, and revolutionary propaganda in China. It then places this discussion in the historical context of wartime Communist headquarters of Yan'an, where the Party launched its first mass campaign...

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Main Author: Kang, Xiaofei (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2023]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"The theoretical, methodological, and comparative frameworks for the discussion of religion, gender, and revolutionary propaganda in China. It then places this discussion in the historical context of wartime Communist headquarters of Yan'an, where the Party launched its first mass campaign against superstition in 1944-45. The campaign illustrates how Mao's mass-line principle compelled propaganda workers to engage with the rural culture in order to create new meanings from old knowledge"--
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0197654495
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