Illustration:
ill. 6.3 d (set: 6.3)
Date:
1970
Genre:
comic, cover
Material:
internet file, colour, original source: print on paper, colour
Source:
Mei hai hong xin, Jiangxi Sheng dierqi meigong renyuan Maozedong sixiang xuexiban eds., Nanchang: Jiangxi Sheng Xinhua shudian, 1970. 煤海红心, 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.
Inscription:
煤海红心
Keywords:
Mao´s words, model hero, workers, Little Red Book, Cultural Revolution, gesture

Mei Hai hong xin (Mei Hai hong xin 煤海红心)

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.