This week readings will focus on the communist propaganda strategy and the 1940’s rural life. We’ll also have a role play in class, your assigned roles will be sent in a later email.
(1)Online reading: excerpt from William Hinton, Fanshen ??(New York, 1968), pp. 17-25 & 101-160.
(2)Textbook: Ebrey, “The People’s Republic Under Mao(1949-1976)” to “New Direction (1976 to the Present)” China, pp. 278-315.
Please consider the following question during your reading:
Analyze any of three specific characters in Fanshen. (Write down the page number where these characters appear) What was their class background? (See appendix C on page 623) What was their attitude toward anti-traitor movement and land reform? What authority did they rely on? What did they lose or win through this process?
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