Humour in Chinese Life and Letters: Resistance and Control in Modern Times - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 9888139231 ISBN 13 : 9789888139231

Editeur : Hong Kong University Press, 2013

Synopsis

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 and novels, cartooning, pop-songs, internet jokes, and humor in advertising and education. The second of two multidisciplinary volumes designed for the general reader as well as academic audiences, the book explores the relationship between political control and popular expression of humor, including the mutual exchange of comic stereotypes between China and Japan, and draws out important methodological implications for psychological and cross-cultural studies of humor.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Jessica Milner Davis researches crosscultural humor and comedy at the University of Sydney, Australia. A life member of Clare Hall Cambridge and past president, International Society for Humor Studies, she convenes the Australasian Humour Studies Network (www.sydney.edu.au/humourstudies). Jocelyn Chey is a visiting professor at the University of Sydney, whose research interests include Chinese culture and international relations. Her lengthy diplomatic career concluded with a posting to Hong Kong as consul general for Australia (1992-1995).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hong Kong University Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9888139231
• ISBN 13: 9789888139231
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Éditeur: Davis Jessica, Chey Jocelyn
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