Cogs and Wheels: The material culture of revolutionary China

July 21, 2007

More Mao kitsch

Filed under: Appropriation of communist imagery, Communist kitsch, Cultural Revolution, Mao, Material culture/art & design, Popular culture — amyjaneb @ 1:37 pm

…this time available from Good Orient.  Isn’t the featured messenger bag, the one that got Cameron Diaz in so much trouble recently?  Just goes to show the wealth of connotations this sort of material engenders.

1 Comment »

  1. Here is an article on the Diaz incident from a Maoist perspective: http://monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/the-fashion-police/

    Comment by monkeysmashesheaven — August 9, 2007 @ 8:36 am

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