Chinese Wit & Humor
Author | : George Kao |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing (NY) |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : George Kao |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing (NY) |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : |
Author | : George Kao |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 347 |
Release | : 1981-08-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780849509575 |
Author | : K'o-i Kao |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 1946 |
Genre | : Chinese wit and humor |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jessica Milner Davis |
Publisher | : Hong Kong University Press |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2011-12-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9888083511 |
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 the universe are interrelated and influence each other according to pre-set patterns.
Author | : Christopher Rea |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2015-09-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520283848 |
The Age of Irreverence tells the story of why ChinaÕs entry into the modern age was not just traumatic, but uproarious. As the Qing dynasty slumped toward extinction, prominent writers compiled jokes into collections they called Òhistories of laughter.Ó In the first years of the Republic, novelists, essayists and illustrators alike used humorous allegories to make veiled critiques of the new government. But, again and again, political and cultural discussion erupted into invective, as critics gleefully jeered and derided rivals in public. Farceurs drew followings in the popular press, promoting a culture of practical joking and buffoonery. Eventually, these various expressions of hilarity proved so offensive to high-brow writers that they launched a concerted campaign to transform the tone of public discourse, hoping to displace the old forms of mirth with a new one they called youmo (humor). Christopher Rea argues that this periodÑfrom the 1890s to the 1930sÑtransformed how Chinese people thought and talked about what is funny. Focusing on five cultural expressions of laughterÑjokes, play, mockery, farce, and humorÑhe reveals the textures of comedy that were a part of everyday life during modern ChinaÕs first Òage of irreverence.Ó This new history of laughter not only offers an unprecedented and up-close look at a neglected facet of Chinese cultural modernity, but also reveals its lasting legacy in the Chinese language of the comic today and its implications for our understanding of humor as a part of human culture.