Humour in Chinese Life and Culture Resistance and Control in Modern Times |
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| Editor:
| Davis, Jessica Milner
Chey, Jocelyn |
| ISBN: | 978-988-8139-24-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2013 |
| Publisher: | Hong Kong University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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This volume covers modern and contemporary forms of humour in China's public and private spheres, including comic films and novels, cartooning, pop songs, internet jokes, and advertising and educational humour. The second of two multidisciplinary volumes on humour in Chinese life and letters, this text also explores the relationship between the political control and popular expression of humour, such as China and Japan's exchange of comic stereotypes. It advances the methodology...
More DescriptionThis volume covers modern and contemporary forms of humour in China's public and private spheres, including comic films and novels, cartooning, pop songs, internet jokes, and advertising and educational humour. The second of two multidisciplinary volumes on humour in Chinese life and letters, this text also explores the relationship between the political control and popular expression of humour, such as China and Japan's exchange of comic stereotypes. It advances the methodology of cross-cultural and psychological studies of humour and underlines the economic and personal significance of humour in modern times.