Comic China : representing common ground, 1890-1945 /

"This book looks at Anglo-American comic representations of China, arguing that that there is a forgotten history within these comic depictions that is about finding common ground through humor rather than about expressing superiority and ridicule"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gan, Wendy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
East and West.
HISTORY > World.
East and West
Public opinion, Western
Asia > Foreign public opinion, Western > History.
China > In popular culture.
Western countries > Humor.
Asie > Opinion publique occidentale > Histoire.
Occident > Humour.
Asia
China
Western countries
Humor
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Dreaming with China : chinoiserie and musical comedy
  • Ernest Bramah's Chinese fictions : chinoiserie and comfortable familiarity
  • Comic mastery : Arthur Henderson Smith and J.O.P. Bland
  • Levelling laughter : travel writing in China between the wars
  • Comic parity : the new Shanghailander, likability, and amiable humour.

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