Enforced Rustication
In the Chinese Cultural Revolution
Published on 31. January 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-68003-176-8 (ISBN)
Description
During China's Cultural Revolution, millions of middle school and high school graduates, called zhiqing, were sent to the countryside to receive reeducation from peasants. They dug the earth daily, with deep conviction that they would play an important role in the transformation of rural China. Jianqing Zheng's rusticated years were central to his poetic imagination in this collection.
Reviews / Votes
The poems in this collection reveal a complex narrative of China's Cultural Revolution and its Sent-Down-Youth. While each poem stands alone - graced with stunning descriptions (""At fish-belly dawn""), images (""hands fluttering / like butterflies on cotton fluffs""), and all too human struggles (""I am tired of being tired; / of being told what to do"") - together they tell of a larger history."" - Rita CostelloMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Huntsville
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
91 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-68003-176-8 (9781680031768)
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Person
Jianqing Zheng is author of The Landscape of Mind (Slapering Hol Press) and editor of African American Haiku: Cultural Visions (University Press of Mississippi). His poetry has appeared in Mississippi Review, Poetry East, Spillway, Tar River Poetry, and elsewhere. He lives and writes in the Mississippi Delta.