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The age of irreverence : a new history of laughter in China /

The Age of Irreverence tells the story of why China's 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 "histories of laughter." During the first years of the R...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rea, Christopher G. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2015]
Series:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
Subjects:
Chinese wit and humor > History and criticism.
Popular culture > China > History > 19th century.

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