Grieving at Chongqing's Red Guard graveyard: in the name of life itself

This article presents a historical and ethnographic account of the event of mourning at the Graveyard for the Red Guards in Chongqing. Built in the Cultural Revolution to glorify about 450 Red Guards as “revolutionary martyrs”, this graveyard testifies to the tragic nature of their deaths, which res...

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Main Author: Zhang, Everett 1958- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press 2013
In: The China journal
Year: 2013, Issue: 70, Pages: 24-47
Further subjects:B Collective memory
B China
B Cause
B History