Illustration:
ill. 6.3 b (set: 6.3)
Date:
1970
Genre:
comic, cover
Material:
internet file, colour, original source: print on paper, colour
Source:
Cover of Hong xin tie bi, 1970, Hong xin tie bi, Jiangxi Sheng dierqi meigong renyuan Mao Zedong sixiang xuexiban eds., Nanchang: Jiangxi Sheng Xinhua Shudian, 1970. 红心铁臂, 江西省第二期美工人员毛泽东思想学习班编绘, 南昌: 江西省新华书店, 1970: cover.
Keywords:
peasants, mountains, red flag, Little Red Book, Mao´s words, Cultural Revolution, comic, hero, model hero

Red hearts iron arms (Hong xin tie bi 红心铁臂)

The Little Red Book, or MaoSpeak, is a dominant motif in the Cultural Revolution comic, featured on book covers where heroes are frequently seen clutching Mao’s writings or gesturing with them, for example.