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Chinese Propaganda Posters
http://www.iisg.nl/~landsb
erger/

Stefan Landsberger, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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This site showcases hundreds of Chinese propaganda posters in Landsberger’s large collection. The posters span five decades—though the majority are from 1970 or later—and represent many facets of Chinese political, social, and economic movements. Since the site is organized as an exhibit, rather than a repository of primary sources, and there is no search engine, a good place to start is the site map. Another drawback to this exhibit-based approach is that the posters, save those in the “Desktop Wallpaper” section, do not enlarge to full screen. In the exhibition, the posters are organized by subject. Some subjects have two posters, others more than 100. In each section, posters are interspersed with accompanying text written by Landsberger. Some subjects are richer in content than others. “After the Attack” presents about 30 posters with little accompanying text while the “Cultural Revolution Campaigns” section is especially rich. The “Iron Women and Foxy Ladies” section is less coherent. Posters are also organized by artist and designer with limited biographical information.

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