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With the end of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1970s, academic research resumed in China, and the reexamination of "superstition" rapidly progressed. One of the most notable examples was the "Wild People" (Yelen). This photo book brings together investigative photographs, newspaper clippings, and recorded testimonies from China during the wild people boom, including local eyewitness accounts, newspaper reports, and full-scale investigations by scientists, re-presenting the excitement and confusion of the boom. Visually, it offers a re-experience of the anxiety and hope that permeated Chinese society at the time, and the unique atmosphere between science and folk belief.
In the late 1970s, as the Cultural Revolution came to an end, academic research resumed across China, triggering a wave of renewed inquiry into what had previously been dismissed as “superstition.” Among the most sensational topics was the yérén, or “wild man.” This photobook gathers local eyewitness accounts, newspaper clippings, scientific field investigations, and other documentary materials from the nationwide wild man craze, re-presenting the feverish excitement and confusion of the moment. Through these images, one can visually relive the unique atmosphere of the era—an uneasy mixture of hope and anxiety, where science and folk belief collided within a society in transition.
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Publisher: Archive of Modern Conflict