Humour in Chinese Life and Culture: Resistance and Control in Modern Times - Edited by Jessica Milner Davis and Jocelyn Chey - Bookniverse

Humour in Chinese Life and Culture: Resistance and Control in Modern Times

Edited by Jessica Milner Davis and Jocelyn Chey

US $16.80

US $21.00

2013/06

9789888268047

ePub

Hong Kong University Press

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About this book

Humanities & Social Science > Sociology & Social Work > Social Worker Training& Management

Humanities & Social Science > Anthropology & Ethnology

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 of cross-cultural and psychological studies of humour and underlines the economic and personal significance of humour in modern times.

About the author(s)

Edited by Jessica Milner Davis and Jocelyn Chey

Jessica Milner Davis researches cross-cultural humour and comedy and Jocelyn Chey is a Visiting Professor in Chinese Studies, both at the University of Sydney.

About the publisher

Established in 1956, and part of the University of Hong Kong, Asia’s most prominent English-speaking university, HKU Press publishes more than 30 new titles annually, with a growing proportion (more than 25%) in Chinese. Building on Hong Kong's unique global position, HKU Press books examine, critique, and celebrate Asia’s place in the world. We have gained particular renown for publications in Chinese history and culture, law, public health, social work, film/media studies, art and architecture/urban planning.

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