Redefining Propaganda in Modern China

The Mao Era and its Legacies

James Farley (University of Kent, UK), Matthew D. Johnson

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Routledge
30 May 2022

Propaganda

Series: Routledge Studies in Modern History

Usage of the political keyword 'propaganda' by the Chinese Communist Party has changed and expanded over time. These changes have been masked by strong continuities spanning periods in the history of the People's Republic of China from the Mao Zedong era (1949–76) to the new era of Xi Jinping (2012–present).

Redefining Propaganda in Modern China builds on the work of earlier scholars to revisit the central issue of how propaganda has been understood within the Communist Party system. What did propaganda mean across successive eras? What were its institutions and functions? What were its main techniques and themes? What can we learn about popular consciousness as a result? In answering these questions, the contributors to this volume draw on a range of historical, cultural studies, propaganda studies and comparative politics approaches. Their work captures the sweep of propaganda – its appearance in everyday life, as well as during extraordinary moments of mobilization (and demobilization), and its systematic continuities and discontinuities from the perspective of policy-makers, bureaucratic functionaries and artists. More localized and granular case studies are balanced against deep readings and cross-cutting interpretive essays, which place the history of the People's Republic of China within broader temporal and comparative frames.

Addressing a vital aspect of Chinese Communist Party authority, this book is meant to provide a timely and comprehensive update on what propaganda has meant ideologically, operationally, aesthetically and in terms of social experience.

Edited by: James Farley (University of Kent UK), Matthew D. Johnson
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367628420
ISBN 10: 0367628422
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern History
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 30 May 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Introduction; Part I: Historical Perspectives; 1. Propaganda: A Historical Perspective; 2. China’s Directed Public Sphere: Historical Perspectives on Mao’s Propaganda State; Part II: Icons and Imagery; 3. Liu Hulan – ‘A Great Life, a Glorious Death’: Martyrdom Across the Media; 4. Creating the Subtle Image of the ‘Compatriot’ 同胞 – The People of Taiwan and Hong Kong in Chinese Propaganda Posters of the Mao Era (1949-1976); 5. Anatomy of an Emulation Campaign: ""Study from Comrade Wang Guofu""; Part III: Reception and Affect; 6. Developing Patriotic Anti-Americanism: Chinese Propaganda and the Resist America, Aid Korea Campaign, 1949-53; 7. One More Time, with Feeling: Revolutionary Repetition and the Cultural Revolution Red Guard Rally Documentaries, 1966-67; Part IV: Transitions; 8. Breaking with the Past: Party Propaganda and State Crimes; 9. From Text(s) to Image(s): Maoist-Era Texts and their Influences on Six Oil Paintings (1957-79); Part V: Legacies; 10. Propaganda and Security from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping: Struggling to Defend China’s Socialist System; 11. Whose China Dream is it Anyway: Temporalities of ‘Ethnicity’ in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang; 12. China as ‘Third Pole’ Culture: Between Theorizing and Thought Work; Selected Bibliography"

James Farley completed his PhD at the University of Kent in 2016. In 2016 he organized an international conference on 'China's Propaganda System: Legacies and Enduring Themes' and his monograph, Model Workers in China, 1949–1965 (2019), was published by Routledge. He is currently a post doctoral researcher at Universität Hamburg, Germany. Matthew D. Johnson is an independent research consultant and analyst. He previously held academic appointments at the University of Oxford and Grinnell College, and as Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Taylor's University, Malaysia. His books include Maoism at the Grassroots: Everyday Life in China's Era of High Socialism (joint editor, 2015). He is also a director of the PRC History Group (prchistory.org).

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