Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Publication Title
Modern China Studies
Volume
18
Issue
2
Pages
55-82
Abstract
The author narrates how in Mao's China his personal experience took unexpected turns when China dramatically transformed politically, economically, and culturally, and how in reacting to these overwhelming changes he evolved from the role of artist to student activist, businessman, political prisoner and academic. The article focuses on the relationship between art and politics in Mao's China and how the two evolved into what the author characterizes as "market communism" in today’s China.
ORCID
0000-0002-7296-084X (Li)
Original Publication Citation
Shaomin, L. (2011). My life as an art soldier in Mao's China: Art and politics. Modern China Studies, 18(2), 55-82.
Repository Citation
Li, Shaomin, "My Life as an Art Soldier in Mao's China: Art and Politics" (2011). Management Faculty Publications. 53.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/management_fac_pubs/53
Comments
Copyright © 2022 Modern China Studies.
All Rights Reserved.
Included with the kind written permission of the publisher.
Acknowledgement: I would like to thank Ken Daley, Kenneth Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, and Ying-ying Lai for their comments and suggestions.