8/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution Hardcover – May 9, 2023 by Tania Branigan (Author)
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8/8: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution Hardcover – May 9, 2023 by Tania Branigan (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Red-Memory-Afterlives-Cultural-Revolution/dp/1324051957
Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the stories of individuals who lived through the madness. Deftly exploring how this era defined a generation and continues to impact China today, Branigan asks: What happens to a society when you can no longer trust those closest to you? What happens to the present when the past is buried, exploited, or redrawn? And how do you live with yourself when the worst is over?
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| 0:57.0 | so this is the memory of that period, but Tanya also spends time with psychiatrists, |
| 1:02.0 | psychologists, psychotherapists, and a meeting in Shanghai. |
| 1:06.4 | And I'm struck by how they regard this as, I wrote down from Dr. Yang. |
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