Mao's Cultural Army

Drama Troupes in China's Rural Revolution

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19948740
AutoresBrian Demare (0009-0004-8169-1583, Tulane University, autor correspondente), Brian James DeMare
Ano2015
Data de publicação2015-04-02
Open AccessSim
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoMao's Cultural Army (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781139923798
OpenAlexW855095146
Open LibraryOL34512771M
ISBN9781139923798
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas22
Referências citadas28

Charting their training, travels, and performances, this innovative study explores the role of the artists that roamed the Chinese countryside in support of Mao's communist revolution. DeMare traces the development of Mao's 'cultural army' from its genesis in Red Army propaganda teams to its full development as a largely civilian force composed of amateur and professional drama troupes in the early years of the PRC. Drawing from memoirs, artistic handbooks, and rare archival sources, Mao's Cultural Army uncovers the arduous and complex process of creating revolutionary dramas that would appeal to China's all-important rural audiences. The Communists strived for a disciplined cultural army to promote party policies, but audiences often shunned modern and didactic shows, and instead clamoured for traditional works. DeMare illustrates how drama troupes, caught between the party and their audiences, did their best to resist the ever growing reach of the PRC state

Agrarian reform · Agricultural revolution · Agriculture · Amateur · Ancient history · Appeal · Archaeology · Art · China · Communism · Cultural revolution · Drama · Literature · Memoir · Political science · Politics · State (computer science) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · History · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies · Amateur theater · Political aspects · Theater · Theater and society