How did China's Communist revolution transform the nation's
political culture? In this rich and vivid history of the Mao period
(1949-1976), Denise Y. Ho examines the relationship between its
exhibitions and its political movements. Case studies from Shanghai
show how revolution was curated: museum workers collected cultural
and revolutionary relics; neighborhoods, schools, and work units
mounted and narrated local displays; and exhibits provided ritual
space for ideological lessons and political campaigns. Using
archival sources, ephemera, interviews, and other materials, Ho
traces the process by which exhibitions were developed, presented,
and received. Examples under analysis range from the First Party
Congress Site and the Shanghai Museum to the 'class education' and
Red Guard exhibits that accompanied the Socialist Education
Movement and the Cultural Revolution. Operating in two modes - that
of a state in power and that of a state in revolution - Mao era
exhibitionary culture remains part of China's revolutionary legacy.
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