Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations, Figures, Maps, and Table
- Preface
- Chronology of Major Events
- Abbreviations
- Map Administrative divisions of China
- Introduction
- Part One Coming to Terms with the “Cult of the Individual”
- 1 The Secret Speech and Its Impact
- 2 The Dual Nature of Commodities
- 3 Redefining the Cult
- Part Two Charismatic Mobilization
- Part Three Cult and Compliance
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
2 - The Dual Nature of Commodities
from Part One - Coming to Terms with the “Cult of the Individual”
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 October 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations, Figures, Maps, and Table
- Preface
- Chronology of Major Events
- Abbreviations
- Map Administrative divisions of China
- Introduction
- Part One Coming to Terms with the “Cult of the Individual”
- 1 The Secret Speech and Its Impact
- 2 The Dual Nature of Commodities
- 3 Redefining the Cult
- Part Two Charismatic Mobilization
- Part Three Cult and Compliance
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
Summary
In mid-October 1956, the Central Propaganda Department reorganized its internal documentation of national and international developments for the CCP top leadership. The establishment of a highly regulated public sphere had resulted in the necessity to rely on internal party journals reflecting both international developments and trends within popular opinion. The publication of the Propaganda Department’s journal on international affairs, the Propaganda Work Bulletin (Xuanchuan gongzuo tongxun), was terminated and the relevant news items from now on were integrated into the Trends in Propaganda and Education (Xuanjiao dongtai) that formerly had been a platform for national developments only. It was to cover important developments “within and outside the party, national and international,” for its readership, ranked provincial secretary or above. The Trends were usually published two or three times a week and contained highly diverse items reflecting the input from the provincial and local propaganda departments.
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- Mao CultRhetoric and Ritual in China's Cultural Revolution, pp. 47 - 66Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011