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"Enjoying the Four Olds!": Oral histories from a "cultural desert"

The traumatic experience of having one’s home broken into, precious objects—books, records, paintings, and musical instruments—destroyed and looted, has been described in many a memoir or fictional account from the Cultural Revolution. However, these narratives, which have become well known as emble...

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Main Author: Mittler, Barbara (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2013
In: The journal of transcultural studies
Year: 2013, Issue: 1, Pages: 177-214
ISSN:2191-6411
DOI:10.11588/ts.2013.1.10798
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.11588/ts.2013.1.10798
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-ts-107983
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/index.php/transcultural/article/view/10798
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