Love Letters of the 1960s (Letters·Language·Documents)

Author: Jiang Zidan, Li Shaojun (editors)
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Language is not static; it changes with the times. How did people in the 1960s talk about love? What would they write in their letters? This book is a selected collection of folk language compiled by the "Tianya" magazine, allowing us to understand how people in the 1960s used language to convey emotions. This is the third selected works collection compiled by the "Tianya" magazine. The book is divided into three parts: "Letters," "Language," and "Documents."
"Letters" includes: 10 pieces such as letters from cadre families during the rural upsurge, letters from female workers, letters from dropouts, love letters from the 1960s, petition letters (1978), letters from military families, north-south love letters, and Zhang Shuxia's last letter.
"Language" includes: 10 pieces such as wedding officiant speeches, wedding speech, wedding toasts, common internet slang, the "Declaration of Husband and Wife," Changsha dialect, Nanchang dialect, and Northeastern colloquialisms.
"Documents" includes: 11 pieces such as confessions in criminal cases, self-critical statements, judicial documents, manuals, contracts, three notices, a bundle of advertisements, and campus literature.