Ep. 5: Balzac and the Chinese Cultural Revolution
East Asia for All
English - July 18, 2017 03:15 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsEducation Society & Culture eastasia media popculture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Two urban Chinese youth are sent to live in the countryside during the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) in Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, a film based on the novel of the same name. In our fifth full episode, we discuss the film, the Chinese Cultural Revolution, and more, with help from Profs. Chris Connery and Emily Honig.