Asian Punches A Transcultural Affair /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Harder, Hans (Editor), Mittler, Barbara (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context,
• Subjects: Linguistics.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Languages.; Language and languages.; Asian Languages.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

Covering an area from Egypt and the Ottoman Empire in the West via British India up to China and Japan in the East, this book deals with Punches and other Punch-like satirical magazines as they emerged in the 19th and early 20th century. By tracing its transcultural trajectory, the book offers a lar...