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The age of irreverence : a new history of laughter in China /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rea, Christopher G. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
Series:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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