Museum Representations of Maoist China
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Author_Amy Jane Barnes
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chinas
chinese
Chinese Art
Chinese Cultural Authorities
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contemporary
Contemporary Chinese Art
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cultural
Cultural Revolution
Cultural Revolution Era
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GBCC
Gordon Barrass
Hu County
Jiang Qing
Lin Biao
Mao Badges
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong Thought
Peasant Painting
PLA
Red Guard
revolution
Tiananmen Square Incident
Vice Versa
Wang Hongwen
White Haired Girl
Young Man
Zhou Enlai
Product details
- ISBN 9781472416551
- Weight: 612g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 20 Aug 2014
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The collection, interpretation and display of art from the People’s Republic of China, and particularly the art of the Cultural Revolution, have been problematic for museums. These objects challenge our perception of ’Chineseness’ and their style, content and the means of their production question accepted notions of how we perceive art. This book links art history, museology and visual culture studies to examine how museums have attempted to reveal, discuss and resolve some of these issues. Amy Jane Barnes addresses a series of related issues associated with collection and display: how museums deal with difficult and controversial subjects; the role they play in mediating between the object and the audience; the role of the Other in the creation of Self and national identities; the nature, role and function of art in society; the museum as image-maker; the impact of communism (and Maoism) on the cultural history of the twentieth-century; and the appropriation of communist visual iconography. This book will be of interest to researchers and students of museology, visual and cultural studies as well as scholars of Chinese and revolutionary art.
Amy Jane Barnes is a Research Associate in the School of Management at the University of Leicester, UK and Honorary Visiting Fellow in the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester, UK.
