| ID | 122313 |
| Title Proper | Grieving at Chongqing's Red guard graveyard |
| Other Title Information | in the name of life itself |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Zhang, Everett Y |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article presents a historical and ethnographic account of the event of mourning at the Graveyard for the Red Guards in Chongqing. Built in the Cultural Revolution to glorify about 450 Red Guards as "revolutionary martyrs", this graveyard testifies to the tragic nature of their deaths, which resulted from fighting between two factions for their shared goal of "defending Chairman Mao". The post-Mao reform negated the Cultural Revolution. In a way, their deaths and mourning their deaths were stigmatized, resulting in their "second death", but recent important changes in Chinese society have allowed the resurgence of grieving for them, culminating in the granting of the official title of "cultural relic" to the graveyard. Opening up a space to contest their stigmatization and to invalidate the official judgement about the Cultural Revolution, this title signifies the rising imperative to account for every death in the name of life itself. |
| `In' analytical Note | China Journal vol. , No.70; Jul 2013: p.24-47 |
| Journal Source | China Journal vol. , No.70; Jul 2013: p.24-47 |
| Key Words | Red Guards ; Graveyard ; Post Mao Reform ; Cultural Revolution ; China ; Chinese Society |