Shades of Mao: The Posthumous Cult of the Great Leader

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Page i
Shades of Mao

 

Page ii
For truly great men
Look to this age alone
Mao Zedong

 

Page iii
Shades of Mao
The Posthumous Cult of the Great Leader
Geremie R. Barmé

 

Page iv
Disclaimer:
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An East Gate Book
Copyright © 1996 by Geremie R. Barmé
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form
without written permission from the publisher, M.E. Sharpe, Inc.,
80 Business Park Drive, Armonk, New York 10504.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Barmé, Geremie.
Shades of Mao: the posthumous cult of the great leader /
Geremie R. Barmé.
P. cm.
"An East gate book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-56324-678-3 (alk. paper).
ISBN 1-56324-679-1 (pbk.; alk. paper).
1. Mao, Tse-tung, 1893-1976.
2. ChinaPolitics and government1976- I. Title.
DS778.M3B374  1995
951.05'092dc20   95-25979
                        CIP
Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of
American National Standard for Information Sciences
Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials,
ANSI Z 39.48-1984.
BM (c) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
BM (p) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

 

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For my mother, Jane Duncan Brown (Roma Glen McNab),
and my brother Scot Barmé

 

Page vii
Contents
Acknowledgments
xi
The Irresistible Fall and Rise of Chairman Mao
A Mao for All Seasons
3
Pulping Mao
5
Mao Remains: Cold and Hot
11
EveryMao
19
Mao: The Body Corporate
23
Mock-Mao and the Heritage Industry
31
Modern Mao Artifacts and Multi-Media Mao
39
Mao More Than Ever
47
Illustrations
75
A Note on the Translations
113
Translations
Mao on Mao

Mao Zedong

115
The Mysterious Circle of Mao Zedong

Liu Yazhou

116
Deng Xiaoping: Mao in Short

Deng Xiaoping

118
The Party on Mao Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
119
A Specter Prowls Our Land

Sun Jingxuan

121
Documenting the Demise Central Department of Propaganda
128
Mao, A Best-Seller

Gao Jiangbo

135
The Mao Phenomenon: A Survivor's Critique

Li Jie

140

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