War and Peace in Feng Zikai's Wartime Cartoons

Hung, Chang Tai

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“…Thanks to his lyrical images, the artist managed to unveil the horror of war and the necessity for a world of peace (Hung 1990). A similar perspective also appeared in Zhang Leping's "Zhuji after the Devastation."…”

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“Chinese Children Rise Up!”: Representations of Children in the Work of the Cartoon Propaganda Corps during the Second Sino-Japanese War

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2015

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During the War of Resistance against Japan (1937)(1938)(1939)(1940)(1941)(1942)(1943)(1944)(1945), children were a major subject of propaganda images. Children had become significant figures in China when May Fourth intellectuals, influenced by evolutionary thinking, deemed "the child" as a central figure for the modernization of the country. Consequently, during the war, cartoonists employed alreadyestablished representations of children for propagandistic purposes. By analyzing images published by members of the Cartoon Propaganda Corps in the wartime magazine Resistance Cartoons, this article shows how portrayals of children fulfilled symbolic as well as normative functions. These images provide us with information about the symbolic power of representations of children, and about authorities' expectations of China's youngest citizens. However, cartoonists also created images undermining the heroic rhetoric often attached to representations of children, especially after the dismissal of the Cartoon Propaganda Corps in 1940. This was the case with cartoonist Zhang Leping's (1910Leping's ( -1992 sketches of "Zhuji after the Devastation," which revealed the discrepancies between propagandistic representations and children's everyday life in wartime China.

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“Chinese Children Rise Up!”: Representations of Children in the Work of the Cartoon Propaganda Corps during the Second Sino-Japanese War

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2015

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“…Many of the cartoonists who would dominate the discipline of the cartoon during the following decades were founder members of this society. On 8 December 1926, Shanghai's daily newspaper Shenbao 申報 announced the founding of the society on its front page where a list of members also appeared: Ding Song 丁悚 , Wang Dunqing 王敦慶 (1899-1990, Hu Xuguang 胡旭光 (dates unknown), Zhang Guangyu, Zhang Zhenyu, Huang Wennong 黃文農 (b. unknown-1934), Ye Qianyu and Lu Shaofei 魯少飛 (1903-95). 16 The founding of this society marks a turning point for the cartoon in both Shanghai and China as a whole.…”

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“…See alsoLiao (1984). The artist redrew the cartoon several times.10 For an analysis of Feng Zikai's cartoons, seeHung (1990).…”

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The Fuming Image: Cartoons and Public Opinion in Late Republican China, 1945 to 1949

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1994

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When Cantonese cartoonist Liao Bingxiong (1915–) mounted his show, The Cat Kingdom (Maoguo chunqiu), at the Sino-Sovfet Cultural Association (Zhong-Su wenhua xiehui) in Chongqing—China's wartime capital—in March 1946, he was prompted by more than an artistic urge: He intended to issue a strong criticism of the Guomindang (Nationalist) government for its inability to deal with the country's rapidly deteriorating situation. The show was an overwhelming success, “creating a sensation in this hilly city,” in the words of one contemporary artist. The show was greeted with equal enthusiasm when it was put on later in other cities, such as Chengdu and Kunming. Such a favorable reception reflected both the artistry of Liao's works and, more important, the relevance of cartoons as a powerful tool for airing opinion.

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War and Peace in Feng Zikai's Wartime Cartoons

Cited by 6 publications

References 10 publications

“Chinese Children Rise Up!”: Representations of Children in the Work of the Cartoon Propaganda Corps during the Second Sino-Japanese War

“Chinese Children Rise Up!”: Representations of Children in the Work of the Cartoon Propaganda Corps during the Second Sino-Japanese War

A Modern Miscellany

The Fuming Image: Cartoons and Public Opinion in Late Republican China, 1945 to 1949

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