Chinese Cultural Revolution Resources: Art, Film, and Literature
Films
Tian Yu (Xiu Xiu, The Sent Down Gir) / 天浴 By Joan Chen (陈冲)
Media & Design Center Library Use Only - 65-V7655
Farewell my Concubine / 霸王别姬 By Kaige Chen (陈凯歌)
Media & Design Center Library Use Only - 65-DVD582
Hibiscus Town / 芙蓉镇 By Jin Xie (谢晋)
Media & Design Center Library Use Only - 65-V2626
To Live / 活着 Yimou By ZHang (张艺谋)
Media & Design Center Library Use Only - 65-DVD10293
Shower / 洗澡 By Yang Zhang (张杨)
Media & Design Center Library Use Only - 65-VCD110 pt.1 / 65-VCD110 pt.2
Documentary Film
Though I am Gone / 我虽死去 By Jie Hu (胡杰）
"Hu, Jie interviews the husband of Bian Zhongyun, principal of a Beijing middle school beaten to death during the Cultural Revolution by her own students...Hu’s film not only interrogates the Cultural Revolution, but also the compulsion and need to witness, document, and record."
- Independent Documentaries of the Mao Era (1992-2015)A list of independent documentaries about the history of the Mao era. Hyperlinks to excerpts, trailers or full versions of these films are provided when available.
Novels/memoirs
Novels:
- Wild swans : Three Daughters of China byCall Number: Davis Library or Undergrad Library - CT1828.C478 A3 1992
- Ren a, Ren! / 人啊，人！ byCall Number: Davis Library - PL2908.I156 J4 1983
- The Cowshed: Memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution / 牛棚雜億 byCall Number: Davis Library - CT3990.C455 A3 1999
- Farewell my Concubine / 霸王别姬 byCall Number: Davis Library - PL2877 .P48 P33 1987
- Liu Daren Ji / 劉大仁集 byCall Number: Davis Library Cir Stacks Overflow - PL3031.T32 T3246 1993 v.8
- Xi Zhao / 洗澡 byCall Number: Davis Library Cir Stacks Overflow - PL2922.C49 X56 2004
- Huai Yi San Bu Qu / 怀疑三部曲 byCall Number: Davis Library Cir Stacks Overflow - PL2919.H83 H816 2002
Memoirs (English):
- Son of the Revolution byISBN: 0394722744Publication Date: Undergrad DS778.L4534 A37 1984Liang Heng’s personal account of what his family experienced during the Cultural Revolution. As a newspaper reporter (an intellectual) his father was a target of criticism and his mother chose to divorce his father rather than be associated with such a suspect person. Liang’s book describes the anguish and conflict that he and his two sisters suffered as they came of age within a family and country in the midst of massive social upheaval
- Born Red: A Chronicle of the Cultural Revolution byISBN: 0804713685Publication Date: Undergrad DS778.7 .G36 1987Gao Yuan's experienced the Cultural Revolution as a student in a Red Guard unit. His father was a low level political official and fell in and out of favor during the chaos. Gao describes the exhilaration and anguish of students caught up in the tide of revolution: Gao felt powerful and gleeful when his faction was on top, and sullen, angry, and tormented (physically and emotionally) when his faction was persecuted. Gao’s account makes it clear that almost all his classmates, family members, teachers, and fellow villages ultimately were victims of a mass movement run amok.
- China's Son : Growing Up In The Cultural Revolution byCall Number: Davis CT1828.C5214 A3 2001ISBN: 0385729294
Digital Collections
Images of Daily Life in China during the Cultural Revolution
Images of daily life in China during the Cultural Revolution, maintained by Professor William A. Joseph at Wellesley college who visited China in 1972 and took lots of valuable pictures during his visit.
Morning Sun: a Film and Website about Cultural Revolution
"A range of techniques and perspectives are used in the Morning Sun website to reflect on the origins and history of the Cultural Revolution (c.1964-1976)."
Remembrance: 記憶
"an electronic journal edited by Cultural Revolution historians in China."
Down to the Countryside Movement
Unique collection of memoirs, photographs, correspondence, and other primary sources from China’s former Rusticated Youth.
