Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Propaganda Performance, History, and Landscape 1
5. 1. The Place of Chen Duxiu. Political Theater, Dramatic History, and the Question of Representation 56
6. 2. The Return of Mao Zedong. A People’s Hero and a “New” Legacy in Postsocialist Performance 101
7. 3. The Stage of Deng Xiaoping. The “Incorrigible Capitalist Roader” 165
8. 4. The Myth of the “Red Classics”. Three Revolutionary Music-and-Dance Epics and Their Peaceful Restorations 235
9. Epilogue: Where Are the “Founding Mothers”? 287
10. Notes 297
11. Works Cited 317
12. Index 341