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Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside movement

We Served the People: My Mother’s Stories by Emei Burell

April 12, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

We Served the People: My Mother’s Stories are snippets of the life of a woman who came of age during China’s Cultural Revolution. These stories come from Emei Burell’s mother, showing the world that a generation lived in. This was a world that started when the students of the late 1960s were leaving junior high/during high school and would end when they were in their late 20s and early 30s. Ten years of Burell’s mother’s life (ages 17 to 27) would be spent in the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 1949-1976, 1966-1976, Asian - General, Chinese Cultural Revolution, Cultural Revolution, Down to the countryside movement (China), Emei Burell, Mothers and daughters, Up to the Mountains

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:135 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: 1949-1976, 1966-1976, Asian - General, Chinese Cultural Revolution, Cultural Revolution, Down to the countryside movement (China), Emei Burell, Mothers and daughters, Up to the Mountains ·
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