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OverviewEnchanted Revolution moves religion and gender to center stage in the Chinese Communist revolution, examining the mobilizational dynamics of anti-superstition propaganda in support of the Communist Party's rise from rural backwaters to national dominance. Xiaofei Kang argues that religion was not merely adversary for the revolutionaries-it also served as a model for the ways in which the Party mobilized support and constructed legitimacy. In this parallel and often paradoxical process, the Party attacked Full Product DetailsAuthor: Xiaofei Kang (Associate Professor of Religion, Associate Professor of Religion, George Washington University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 16.60cm Weight: 0.562kg ISBN: 9780197654477ISBN 10: 0197654479 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 27 July 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Red, the Green, and the White PART I The Campaigns 2. A Time to Heal or a Time to Kill 3. From Loafers to Labor Heroes 4. Model Doctors and the Wonder of Science PART II The Stories 5. Catching theReviewsEnchanted Revolution is a valuable contribution to a deeper understanding of the complex and multi-layered propaganda culture in the Yan'an period. * Chang-tai Hung, The China Quarterly * Eminently readable, this volume occasionally connects to larger issues beyond Chinese history, incorporating some theoretical insights and presenting a narrative that would work especially well within undergraduate courses. Recommended. General readers through faculty; professionals. * Choice * In this impeccably researched new book, Xiaofei Kang offers scholars a powerful reinterpretation of the Chinese revolution...This is an interdisciplinary study that will interest scholars of history, religion, theater, and gender studies. * Brian J. DeMare, NAN Nü * Enchanted Revolution is a valuable contribution to a deeper understanding of the complex and multi-layered propaganda culture in the Yan'an period. * Chang-tai Hung, The China Quarterly * Author InformationXiaofei Kang is Associate Professor of Religion at the George Washington University. She is the author of The Cult of the Fox: Power, Gender and Popular Religion in Late Imperial and Modern China and co-author of Contesting the Yellow Dragon: Ethnicity, Religion, and the State in the Sino-Tibetan Borderland. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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