Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- This collection consists of Chinese propaganda posters on a variety of subjects and themes, ranging from the 1950s through the early 1980s.
- Extent:
- 8 linear feet (2 map cabinet drawers)
- Language:
- Chinese and Poster captions in Chinese.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Chinese propaganda poster collection, Mss 360. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection consists of Chinese propaganda posters on a variety of subjects and themes, including military themes, agriculture, the arts, leaders, sanitation, patriotism, and women workers. Posters range from the late 1950s through the early 1980s.
- Biographical / historical:
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These posters reflect the shifting priorities of the Chinese government from the 1960s through the 1980s, including the promotion of Cultural Revolution-era political movements, agricultural modernization, efforts to raise the social standing of women, the relative opening of society under Deng Xiaoping, and the cult of personality around Party leadership. Some of them are fairly straightforward didactic tools, while others represent sophisticated efforts to express ideological points through artwork that was sufficiently appealing to be displayed willingly in people's residences.
- Acquisition information:
- Library purchase, 2018.
- Arrangement:
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These posters have been arranged by subject and have been divided into the following series: Agriculture and Industry, Film and Performing Arts, Leaders, Heroes, and Martyrs, Military, New Year's and Decoratrive Posters, Patriotism and Political Campaigns, Sanitation and Disease Control, and Women Workers.
- Physical location:
- Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Chinese propaganda poster collection, Mss 360. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062