Fragmented Memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution To continue the discussions about the Cultural Revolution generation I started here last week, I’d like to mention today that memories of the Cultural Revolution are fragmented by genres and social groups. Here is an incomplete list: a) Official narratives (e.g. Jin Chunming’s Short History of the Cultural Revolution and officially endorsed memoirs). b) Narratives by victims of the Cultural Revolution, mostly high-level officials and intellectuals. These appeared mostly in the 1980s in the years immediately after the Cultural Revolution. c) “Memoirs of exile”: These are English-language book-length memoirs published outside of China including such titles as Wild Swans. d) Literature of “the wounded” in the late 1970s and early 1980s. These include both prose, fiction, poetry, film, and drama. e) ...