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Enchanted Revolution: Ghosts, Shamans, and Gender Politics in Chinese Communist Propaganda, 1942–1953. By Xiaofei Kang. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. 312 pp. $115 (cloth), $103.99 (*eBook)

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Enchanted Revolution: Ghosts, Shamans, and Gender Politics in Chinese Communist Propaganda, 1942–1953. By Xiaofei Kang. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. 312 pp. $115 (cloth), $103.99 (*eBook)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2025

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Journal of Chinese History 中國歷史學刊 , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , January 2026 , pp. 365 - 367
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