Chronicles the history of the cultural revolution that took place in China during the 1960s and 1970s, examining the innovation and creativity displayed in the films, operas, literature, art, and architecture from the decade.
Examines the origins of China's Cultural Revolution, focusing on Mao Zedong's role in the revolution and what he hoped the revolution would accomplish for the country's people and government.
Explores the cultural revolution in China from 1966 to 1976, its effect on urban and rural society, the student Red Guard movements, and the violence and mass killings in rural China.
A Chinese man goes on a journey of self-discovery in the distant regions of his land, contemplating the disparaging effects of the Cultural Revolution.
A memoir in which the author, the son of a county political official, recalls his middle-school years in China, discussing the impact of the Cultural Revolution and the Red Guard movement on young minds, and considering the conflict it caused between him and his father.
After losing his family's fortune in gambling dens and brothels, Fugui is forced by the Nationalist Army to leave behind his family to witness the horrors of the Civil War, only to return years later to face the hardships brought on by the Cultural Revolution.
Presents an illustrated memoir of the author's upbringing in China in the 1960s, when Chairman Mao proclaimed the Cultural Revolution, covering his interest in drawing at an early age and the death of his grandfather.
A first-hand account by Anchee Min of living in China under Mao who led the nation with cruel oppression. She never experiences a genuine childhood during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s. She was compelled to betray her favorite teacher, and to become a peasant worker where she was later humiliated.
