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000767647 1001_ $$aRea, Christopher G.,$$eauthor.
000767647 24514 $$aThe age of irreverence :$$ba new history of laughter in China /$$cChristopher Rea.
000767647 264_1 $$aOakland, California :$$bUniversity of California Press,$$c[2015]
000767647 264_4 $$c©2015
000767647 300__ $$a1 online resource (352 pages) :$$billustrations
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000767647 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references.
000767647 5050_ $$aBreaking into laughter -- Jokes -- Play -- Mockery -- Farce -- The invention of humor.
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000767647 520__ $$a"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 Republic, novelists, essayists and illustrators used humorous allegories to make veiled critiques of the new government. But political and cultural discussion repeatedly erupted into invective, as critics 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 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 era--from the 1890s up to the 1930s--transformed how Chinese people thought and talked about what is funny. Focusing on five cultural expressions of laughter--jokes, play, mockery, farce, and humor--he reveals the textures of comedy that were a part of everyday life during modern China's first "age of irreverence." This new history offers an unprecedented and up-close look at a neglected facet of Chinese cultural modernity, and discusses its legacy in the language and styles of Chinese humor today.--Provided by publisher.
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000767647 650_0 $$aChinese wit and humor$$xHistory and criticism.
000767647 650_0 $$aPopular culture$$zChina$$xHistory$$y19th century.
000767647 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aRea, Christopher G.$$tAge of irreverence : a new history of laughter in China.$$dOakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]$$z9780520283848
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