CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION.

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Xinjiang gequ xuan ("Selected Songs from Xinjiang"). A colourful collection of 53 propaganda songs compiled and printed by Red Guards at the Shanghai Aviation Technical School (Shanghai hangkong gongye xuexiao). Small-scale mimeographing was the lifeblood of the Cultural Revolution, allowing grassroots political groups to hold meetings, spread the gospel of radical Maoism, and outperform rivals in the contest to display revolutionary credentials.This collection was published on the eve of National Day by two of the school's ascendant factions: "Winder and Thunder Over Pujiang District" (Pujiang fenglei) and "Chairman Mao's Protection Corps" (Wei dong). The songs include "Mao's Works Are the Most Magisterial", "The Shepherd's Song", "Ah, Crane, May I Borrow Your Wings?", "I've Heard Our Frontier Soldiers Have Come Down from the Mountains", and many others employing the Cultural Revolution's distinctive combination of adulatory, patriotic, and folk rhetoric. Interspersed are quotations from Mao and topical vignettes.

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