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Maoist laughter /

During the Mao years, laughter in China was serious business. Simultaneously an outlet for frustrations and grievances, a vehicle for socialist education, and an object of official study, laughter brought together the political, the personal, the aesthetic, the ethical, the affective, the physical,...

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Other Authors:	Ping, Zhu (Editor, Contributor), Wang, Zhuoyi, 1974- (Editor), McGrath, Jason, 1966- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Laughter > Political aspects > China. Popular culture > Political aspects > China. Political culture > China > History > 20th century. Arts, Chinese > Political aspects > History > 20th century. Chinese wit and humor > History > 20th century.

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