Not Just a Laughing Matter Interdisciplinary Approaches to Political Humor in China /

This book offers the first comprehensive and in-depth exploration of the way Chinese humor fits into broader discourses on Chinese identity and modernity in an increasingly globalized world throughout the period of modern China. It brings together the expertise of scholars from a variety of discipli...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Tam, King-fai (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Wesoky, Sharon R. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:The Humanities in Asia, 5
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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