Yujie Zhu, The China Journal
Read more at: [PDF]“The field of People’s Republic of China (PRC) studies could not ask for a finer contribution than this sharp analysis of political power, subtle exploration of lived experience, and beautifully wrought portrait of Mao-era material culture…The result is a fresh and compelling perspective that demonstrates the inseparability of political and material culture and significantly enriches the growing literature on the history of propaganda in the PRC.”
Sigrid Schmalzer, Twentieth Century China
Read more at: [PDF]“This book will be of great interest to students of the Mao years focusing on both intellectual history and popular culture…I see in Ho’s book a new perspective on the dense enmeshment of the political and popular culture of the time; the book shows how the objects and narratives involved in exhibition mattered both for politics and for individual curators and visitors.”
Leksa Lee, The PRC History Review
Read more at: [PDF]“Written from a unique vantage point, namely, how revolution was curated to make itself successful at the local and grass-roots level in the Mao-era, the book unfolds the myth behind Mao’s continuous revolution. It is in this sense that it has brought new light to the field of modern Chinese history and studies of the Cultural Revolution.”
Lei Ping, New Books Asia
Read more at: https://newbooks.asia/review/curating-revolution [PDF]“Ho recognizes that public history is about storytelling, and while adhering to all of the historian’s best practices, the most appealing thing about this book is the way in which it helps the reader to understand both the story and the storyteller.”
James Flath, China Quarterly
Read more at: [PDF]“This vivid depiction of the exhibitions and displays in Mao’s China, particularly during the Cultural Revolution, demonstrate to what extent the regime and the people under this regime made revolution part of daily life.”
Chi Zhang, Europe-Asia Studies
Read more at: [PDF]“This book is highly recommended for specialists and should be discussed in graduate seminars for years to come. Ho’s attention to narrative, reception, and material culture are all instructive to current and future historians of China. Readers, furthermore, will find the book’s prose highly engaging…[and] packed with captivating stories.”
Brian DeMare, Journal of Asian Studies
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Denise Y. Ho 