Our Party has Brought Spring to the Country. 1961.
Artist: H. LAM
Size: 29 1/4 x 42 7/8 in./74.2 x 109 cm
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Reference: Ref: Vietnam, 4
Key Words: Modern; Vietnam; Propaganda
Our Party has Brought Spring to the Country. 1961.
"The first Five Year Plan [from] 1961-1965 set the government on an ambitious reconstruction agenda... after the French defeat in 1954. Gripped by a severe food shortage, the North Vietnamese government campaigned to increase food and industry by emphasizing the importance of peasants and workers. The posters... [promoted] efficient agricultural practices and increased industrial production. Images of abundance and productive agriculture were common... Through the depiction of fertility and abundance, it was hoped that peasant farmers would be inspired to work harder and increase production making the country happy and prosperous. The government set highly unrealistic goals for food production and introduced a ruthless land reform program commencing in 1955. The harsh reality for the peasants and workers during this period was quite different from the positive images reflected in propaganda posters" (Deborah Salter).
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Artist: H. LAM
Size: 29 1/4 x 42 7/8 in./74.2 x 109 cm
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Reference: Ref: Vietnam, 4
Key Words: Modern; Vietnam; Propaganda
Our Party has Brought Spring to the Country. 1961.
"The first Five Year Plan [from] 1961-1965 set the government on an ambitious reconstruction agenda... after the French defeat in 1954. Gripped by a severe food shortage, the North Vietnamese government campaigned to increase food and industry by emphasizing the importance of peasants and workers. The posters... [promoted] efficient agricultural practices and increased industrial production. Images of abundance and productive agriculture were common... Through the depiction of fertility and abundance, it was hoped that peasant farmers would be inspired to work harder and increase production making the country happy and prosperous. The government set highly unrealistic goals for food production and introduced a ruthless land reform program commencing in 1955. The harsh reality for the peasants and workers during this period was quite different from the positive images reflected in propaganda posters" (Deborah Salter).
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