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Price: £20.00
Pages: 348
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Imprint: Hong Kong University Press
Publication Date:
10 June 2013
Trim Size: 8.90 X 5.90 in
ISBN: 9789888139248
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
"Humor is serious business anywhere. It can also be dangerous. Humour in Chinese Life and Letters, Jocelyn Chey and Jessica Milner Davis's two-volume collection of essays on aspects of humor in Chinese literature, daily life and art over the last three mi
"With colourful description of political and social currents and intellectual life in Chinese society providing essential context to the explication of Chinese humour in different decades, settings and modes, Humour in Chinese Life and Culture becomes, al
"Highlights how well humour works as an 'entry point' into Chinese culture making visible deeply rooted cultural patterns, as well as novel developments as a result of economic progress, technological changes, and increasing cultural exchange." --Giselinde
"Humour in Chinese Life and Culture takes the analysis of Chinese humour in its highly informative companion volume Humour in Chinese Life and Letters Classical and Traditional Approaches into the modern era. It is well known that humour is extremely diff
"This book is a fascinating tour of Chinese humour, its contexts and history, and its contemporary manifestations on- and off-line." --Jeremy Goldkorn, Founder of Danwei.com
"With colourful description of political and social currents and intellectual life in Chinese society providing essential context to the explication of Chinese humour in different decades, settings and modes, Humour in Chinese Life and Culture becomes, al
"Highlights how well humour works as an 'entry point' into Chinese culture making visible deeply rooted cultural patterns, as well as novel developments as a result of economic progress, technological changes, and increasing cultural exchange." --Giselinde
"Humour in Chinese Life and Culture takes the analysis of Chinese humour in its highly informative companion volume Humour in Chinese Life and Letters Classical and Traditional Approaches into the modern era. It is well known that humour is extremely diff
"This book is a fascinating tour of Chinese humour, its contexts and history, and its contemporary manifestations on- and off-line." --Jeremy Goldkorn, Founder of Danwei.com
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.