Violence in Chongqing -- Flowers of the nation -- Theory and dissent -- Ordinary life -- Underground culture -- New enlightenment -- Factionalized memories.
Summary
Raised to be #x93;flowers of the nation," the first generation born after the founding of the People's Republic of China was united in its political outlook and ambitions. Its members embraced the Cultural Revolution of 1966 but soon split into warring factions. Guobin Yang investigates the causes of this fracture and argues that Chinese youth engaged in an imaginary revolution from 1966 to 1968, enacting a political mythology that encouraged violence as a way to prove one's revolutionary credentials. This same competitive dynamic would later turn the Red Guard against the communist government. Th.
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