His stance and defiant expression shows that China was not ideologically homogenous at the time. People like Zhensheng found a way to express dissent and anger, even if they often faced repercussions for their brave actions.
6. The Cultural Revolution was not fully extinguished until 1976, after a prolonged power struggle within the Chinese government. This illustrates the vulnerability of ordinary people's lives in a dictatorship: one minute it was 'counterrevolutionary' to support certain politicians, like Deng Xiaoping, and then, not so long afterwards it was considered patriotic to support Deng.
7. The role of women was surprising -- in the countryside, women were often required to labor as hard as their male counterparts, including pulling wheelbarrows to irrigate a field.
8. Early on in the Revolution, children supported the actions of the People's Liberation Army. This made me wonder if typical childhood and adolescent rebellion was articulated through political rhetoric -- dislike of teachers and older people was covered up by calling these individuals 'counterrevolutionary.'
9. Although many of his photographs were censored, Zhensheng's ability to photograph such negative images of the Revolution, such as the photographs of the 'denunciations' in public, is testimony to his bravery and commitment to tell the story of the Cultural Revolution in photographs.
10. The Revolution is a demonstration of how something with some legitimate grassroots support -- such as a dislike of local corruption -- can be turned into something evil, toxic, and self-serving by authorities, through terror and psychological manipulation.
Q4. What did you learn about the Cultural Revolution from this type of text that you might not have from a more traditional text?
The humanity of the supporters and the victims of the Cultural Revolution were revealed...
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