Red Womens Detachment 1966 Softcover Book, Liang Hsin, Li Tzu-Shun Illustrations
Red Women's Detachment is a rare piece of revolutionary war literature from Maoist China, dramatizing the rise of a peasant girl who joins an all-female Red Army unit. A special blend of propaganda and resistance narrative, it captures the ideological fervor and military struggle of its time.Highly sought after by collectors of war-related and Cold War-era literature, this edition offers a glimpse into the political theater of 20th-century revolutionary movements—where gender, class, and armed struggle collide.• Softcover with illustrated cover • Published in 1966 in Peking • Foreign Languages Press publication • Text is in English• Every page has black and white illustrations • Edited by Liaoning Fine Arts Publishing House• 7 x 5 136 pagesBright colors on cover. There is an abrasion that removed the color in the upper right of cover. Pages are supple, and cream-colored. Binding is tight. There is a tiny chunk out of the back cover. The upper left corner of the back co