Humour in Chinese Life and Culture
Language: en
Pages: 388
Authors: Jessica Davis Milner
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-06-01 - Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

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This book investigates the use of humor in the public sphere and in personal life in China. The contributors cover modern and contemporary forms -- comic films
Humour in Asian Cultures
Language: en
Pages: 359
Authors: Jessica Milner Davis
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-06-30 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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This innovative book traces the impact of tradition on modern humour across several Asian countries and their cultures. Using examples from Japan, Korea, Indone
Humour in Chinese Life and Letters
Language: en
Pages: 310
Authors: Jessica Milner Davis
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-12-01 - Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

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The present study emphasizes Chapter Six of Huai-nan Tzu in expounding the theory of kan-ying STIMULUS-RESPONSE; RESONANCE, which postulates that all things in
Humor and Chinese Culture
Language: en
Pages: 238
Authors: Xiaodong Yue
Categories: Humor
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-07-20 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book addresses psychological studies of humour in Chinese societies. It starts by reviewing how the concept of humour evolves in Chinese history, and how i
The Age of Irreverence
Language: en
Pages: 355
Authors: Christopher Rea
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-09-08 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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The Age of Irreverence tells the story of why Chinaƕs entry into the modern age was not just traumatic, but uproarious. As the Qing dynasty slumped toward exti