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Mao Zedong - Arts & Culture Mini-Lesson, Made by: João Bolsonaro,…
Mao Zedong - Arts & Culture Mini-Lesson
Jiang Qing
She applied thoroughly for the job handed:
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Imposed a rigid system of censorship, denouncing every piece of art that didn't follow the criteria of the revolutionary purity.
Only artistic works that had relevant contemporary Chinese themes were permitted
Western music was banned. (classical and pop)
Traditional Chinese Opera was ruled out and substituted by commissioned contemporary works.
Mao's wife, Jiang Qing, was to be the creator-in-chief of the new Chinese culture.
Consequences of Jiang’s Cultural Terrorism
Caused an artistic wasteland.
Showing reluctance to guidelines resulted in being sent to re-educational labor camps.
Bellwork
What can be inferred from the Culture present in China during that time?
How was Mao portrayed in Chinese art during that time?
Mao's opinion on role of arts
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All creative artists should know that their first duty is to serve the people.
Their works must further the cause of revolution
No such thing as 'art for art's sake, .
Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole revolutionary cause
Mao's perception of culture
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Nature's culture defined its character
Means of which rulers imposed their control over the people
Chinese culture had been feudal, but since it was now proletarian society, the culture needed to change to proletarian.
Needed to eliminate the bourgeois and feudal culture in a radical manner.
Made by: João Bolsonaro, Marcos Bermudez, Nicolas Toribio, Dylan Ashby