{"product_id":"chinese-propaganda-posters-45th-ed-9783754405536","title":"Chinese Propaganda Posters: 45th Ed.","description":"\u003cp\u003eHeroic workers, busy factories, and eager schoolchildren: this fascinating book brings together key artworks of Chinese propaganda posters. Made between 1949 and the early 1980s, these posters document the utopian dreams of the Chinese Communist Party and its campaign for people's hearts and minds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his smooth, warm, ruddy face which radiated light in all directions, Chairman \u003cb\u003eMao Zedong\u003c\/b\u003e was a fixture in \u003cb\u003eChinese propaganda posters \u003c\/b\u003eproduced between the birth of the People's Republic in 1949 and the early 1980s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chairman Mao, portrayed as a \u003cb\u003estoic superhero\u003c\/b\u003e (aka the  Great Teacher, the Great Leader, the Great Helmsman, the Supreme  Commander), appeared in all kinds of situations (inspecting factories,  smoking a cigarette with peasant workers, standing by the Yangzi River  in a bathrobe, presiding over the bow of a ship, or floating over a sea  of red flags), flanked by strong, healthy, ageless men and  \"masculinized\" women and children wearing baggy, sexless, drab clothing.  The goal of each poster was to show the Chinese people what sort of  behavior was considered morally correct and \u003cb\u003ehow great the future of Communist China would be if everyone followed the same path toward utopia by uniting together\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book brings together \u003cb\u003ea selection of colorful propaganda artworks and cultural artifacts\u003c\/b\u003e of Chinese propaganda posters, many of which are now extremely rare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9783754405536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: Multilingual edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 12 Sep 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Taschen GmbH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: Cologne, Germany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 21.7(H)x15.6(L)x3.5(W)1146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 1146\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eAnchee Min was born and raised in Mao’s China. A staunch party supporter, she was awarded the lead role in a film to be made by Mao’s wife, Jiang Ching, but the death of Mao soon after caused the film to be cancelled. In 1984, Min emigrated to the United States and later wrote the bestselling biography Becoming Madame Mao.   The poet and writer Duo Duo was born in Beijing in 1951 and now lives on the island of Hainan in southern China. After spending time in the United Kingdom, Canada and the Netherlands, he taught literature at Hainan University. He is considered one of the most outstanding poets to emerge from China since the Cultural Revolution.   Stefan R. Landsberger (1955–2024) was a lecturer at the Institute of Chinese Studies at Leiden University, editor of the journal China Information, and owner of one of the world's largest private collections of Chinese propaganda posters. He published numerous works on Chinese propaganda and maintained an extensive website on this genre of political communication.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eGorgeous and sinister in equal measure. * The Independent *","brand":"Anchee Min","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49279520800985,"sku":"9783754405536","price":54.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9783754405536.jpg?v=1789818596","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/chinese-propaganda-posters-45th-ed-9783754405536","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}