Burden or Legacy

Burden or LegacyThe Cultural Revolution in China (1966 1976) has often been regarded as a period of disruptive turbulence and frenzied savagery. Its legacy to artistic growth and expression amounts to nothing except a burden of haunting traumas. Or does it amount to more than that? The seven authors in this anthology of essays and images argue that it does. Focusing on the impact of the Cultural Revolution on the development of contemporary art in China, they present

This innovative book revises many standard assumptions in both literary and sociological fields

and the culture and civilization that he evokes are met with abject skepticism

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Explores rural resistance

David Fagelson argues that morality is indeed a part of the idea of law

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Explains how knowledge of genetics and genomics can guide healthcare decisions

Reissued with a new foreword by Raymond DiGiuseppe

Each chapter provides case studies to illustrate how theory and empirical findings can be incorporated into culturally informed treatment

a renowned European art historian

who played such a pivotal role in the art and culture of his day