- Humour in Chinese Life and Culture : Resistance and Control in Modern Times (2013, Paperback) download MOBI, DJV, PDF
9789888139248 English 988813924X This book investigates the use of humor in the public sphere and in personal life in China. The contributors cover modern and contemporary forms-comic films and novels, cartooning, pop-songs, internet jokes, and humor in advertising and education. The second of two multidisciplinary volumes designed for the general reader as well as academic audiences, the book explores the relationship between political control and popular expression of humor, including the mutual exchange of comic stereotypes between China and Japan, and draws out important methodological implications for psychological and cross-cultural studies of humor., This volume investigates the use of humor in China's public and private spheres. It covers modern and contemporary forms, including comic films and novels, cartooning, pop-songs, internet jokes, and advertising and educational humor. The second of two multidisciplinary volumes designed for general readers as well as scholars, this text explores the relationship between the political control and popular expression of humor, such as China and Japan's mutual exchange of comic stereotypes, and significantly advances the methodology of psychological and crosscultural studies of humor.
9789888139248 English 988813924X This book investigates the use of humor in the public sphere and in personal life in China. The contributors cover modern and contemporary forms-comic films and novels, cartooning, pop-songs, internet jokes, and humor in advertising and education. The second of two multidisciplinary volumes designed for the general reader as well as academic audiences, the book explores the relationship between political control and popular expression of humor, including the mutual exchange of comic stereotypes between China and Japan, and draws out important methodological implications for psychological and cross-cultural studies of humor., This volume investigates the use of humor in China's public and private spheres. It covers modern and contemporary forms, including comic films and novels, cartooning, pop-songs, internet jokes, and advertising and educational humor. The second of two multidisciplinary volumes designed for general readers as well as scholars, this text explores the relationship between the political control and popular expression of humor, such as China and Japan's mutual exchange of comic stereotypes, and significantly advances the methodology of psychological and crosscultural studies of humor.