Communicating With Pictures: The Vision of Chinese Anti-Malaria Posters.

• Autores: Liping Bu, Elizabeth Fee
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 100, Nº. 3, 2010, págs. 424-425
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article focuses on Chinese health posters, specifically an anti-malaria poster from the 1960s. The poster's visual characteristics reflect the social and political context of the time. The posters teach the interrelation between health and happiness and define malaria and the best way to eradicate the disease. The poster depicts community cooperation in the elimination of mosquito breeding grounds. The six parts of the poster summarize the Chinese health campaign which had great success in reducing the incidence of malaria.