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Hamlet Goes to Anyuan
It may be because I’m mired in CultRev art, but I can’t help but see a marked similarity between RSC publicity for David Tennant’s Hamlet, and Mao Goes to Anyuan…… more →
Cogs and Wheels: The material culture of revolutionary China
Hamlet Goes to Anyuan
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amyjaneb wrote 1 year ago: It may be because I’m mired in CultRev art, but I can’t help but see a marked similarity … more →
Making a mockery of Mao
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amyjaneb wrote 1 year ago: According to the BBC, the French car marker, Citroen, has apologised for an advertisement featuring … more →
More ethical concerns about Mao kitsch
amyjaneb wrote 1 year ago: Leading on from yesterday’s post, and also featuring a link which has sat overlooked on my des … more →
LolMao...that made me smile!
amyjaneb wrote 1 year ago: I found thisages ago, and it’s been sitting on my desktop waiting for me to do something with … more →
I am still here...really
amyjaneb wrote 2 years ago: I’m writing a couple of book reviews at the moment. They’re sapping ALL my creative stre … more →
More Mao kitsch
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amyjaneb wrote 2 years ago: …this time available from Good Orient. Isn’t the featured messenger bag, the one that g … more →
The aesthetics of totalitarianism (or what not to say when being interviewed by a German magazine)
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amyjaneb wrote 2 years ago: Bryan Ferry got into hot water this week (as reported by the BBC) for describing the visual iconogra … more →
Revolution is Not a Garden Party
amyjaneb wrote 2 years ago: I’ve been bad. Rather than finishing the books I’ve already got on the go, I’ve d … more →
Red Guard for the 'Nuts' generation
amyjaneb wrote 2 years ago: From the Honolulu Star Bulletin: “The revolution is not a dinner party,” said Mao Tse-tu … more →
Round up
amyjaneb wrote 2 years ago: A quick round up of interesting things caught floating about in the blogosphere recently. Exhibition … more →
Cafe Mao
amyjaneb wrote 2 years ago: What goes through the mind of someone who names their chain of ‘funky’ and ‘minima … more →
Mao badges
amyjaneb wrote 2 years ago: Continuing the theme of my last post, I came across this online collection of Mao badges. In his bl … more →
CultRev Retro Chic
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amyjaneb wrote 2 years ago: I’ve recently come across just a couple of examples (of many, I’m sure) of websites (her … more →
The reinvention of relics of communism
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amyjaneb wrote 2 years ago: Here’s a post about a bizarre relic of the GDR. Can it really be true? How can an entire pop … more →
Revolutionary trance music
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amyjaneb wrote 2 years ago: This is quite bizarre. Found it via Free Albums Galore while ‘tag surfing’ China. Osten … more →
Mao, Mao, Mao and yet more Mao
amyjaneb wrote 2 years ago: Grow a brain has a nice little collection of miscellaneous Mao-related links, including more stuff f … more →
