Comic China : representing common ground, 1890-1945 /

This book looks at Anglo-American comic representations of China, arguing that there is a forgotten history within these comic depictions that is about finding common ground through humor rather than about expressing superiority and ridicule.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gan, Wendy (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2018]
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Table of Contents:
  • Dreaming with China : chinoiserie and musical comedy
  • Ernest Bramah's Chinese fictions : chinoiserie and comfortable familiarity
  • Comic mastery : Arthur Henderson Smith and J.O.P. Bland
  • Leveling laughter : travel writing in China between the wars
  • Comic parity : the new Shanghailander, likability, and amiable humor.