Book review. Gan, Wendy (2018). Comic China: Representing Common Ground, 1890-1945. Philadelphia: Temple University Press; and Tam, King-fai and Sharon Wesoky (2018). Not Just a Laughing Matter: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Political Humour in China. Singapore: Springer.

Book review. Gan, Wendy (2018). Comic China: Representing Common Ground, 1890-1945. Philadelphia: Temple University Press; and Tam, King-fai and Sharon Wesoky (2018). Not Just a Laughing Matter: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Political Humour in China. Singapore: Springer.

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This review covers two new books on Chinese humour: Wendy Gan Comic China: Representing Common Ground, 1890-1945; and King-fai Tam and Sharon Wesoky Not Just a Laughing Matter: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Political Humour in China. Gan argues that humour can moderate extreme views through sympat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jocelyn Valerie Chey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies 2019-11-01
Series:The European Journal of Humour Research
Subjects:
China
Hong Kong
cross-cultural communication
cartoons
Internet humour
political jokes
Online Access:https://www.europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/323

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https://www.europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/323

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