LEADER 04585nam 2201033 450 001 9910797577103321 005 20230807221622.0 010 $a0-520-95959-0 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520959590 035 $a(CKB)3710000000465867 035 $a(EBL)1882090 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001543331 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16134944 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001543331 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)12125829 035 $a(PQKB)10620453 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001370986 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1882090 035 $a(OCoLC)919124825 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse47166 035 $a(DE-B1597)520644 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520959590 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1882090 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11092774 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL825405 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000465867 100 $a20150311h20152015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe age of irreverence $ea new history of laughter in China /$fChristopher Rea 210 1$aOakland, California :$cUniversity of California Press,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (352 p.) 225 1 $aStudies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-28384-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aBreaking into laughter -- Jokes -- Play -- Mockery -- Farce -- The invention of humor. 330 $a"The Age of Irreverence tells the story of why China's entry into the modern age was not just traumatic, but uproarious. As the Qing dynasty slumped toward extinction, prominent writers compiled jokes into collections they called "histories of laughter." During the first years of the Republic, novelists, essayists and illustrators used humorous allegories to make veiled critiques of the new government. But political and cultural discussion repeatedly erupted into invective, as critics jeered and derided rivals in public. Farceurs drew followings in the popular press, promoting a culture of practical joking and buffoonery. Eventually, these various expressions of hilarity proved so offensive to high-brow writers that they launched a campaign to transform the tone of public discourse, hoping to displace the old forms of mirth with a new one they called youmo (humor). Christopher Rea argues that this era--from the 1890s up to the 1930s--transformed how Chinese people thought and talked about what is funny. Focusing on five cultural expressions of laughter--jokes, play, mockery, farce, and humor--he reveals the textures of comedy that were a part of everyday life during modern China's first "age of irreverence." This new history offers an unprecedented and up-close look at a neglected facet of Chinese cultural modernity, and discusses its legacy in the language and styles of Chinese humor today.--Provided by publisher. 410 0$aStudies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University 606 $aChinese wit and humor$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPopular culture$zChina$xHistory$y19th century 610 $aasian history. 610 $aasian literary criticism. 610 $aasian literature. 610 $abuffoonery. 610 $achina. 610 $achinese cultural modernity. 610 $achinese government. 610 $achinese history. 610 $achinese republic. 610 $acomedy. 610 $acultural expressions of laughter. 610 $acultural studies. 610 $aend of the qing dynasty. 610 $afarce. 610 $afunny. 610 $ahistories of laughter. 610 $ahistory. 610 $ahumor. 610 $ahumorous allegories. 610 $ajokes. 610 $alaughter. 610 $amockery. 610 $amodern age. 610 $anew government. 610 $aplay. 610 $apolitical commentary. 610 $apopular culture. 610 $apopular press. 610 $apractical joking. 610 $apublic discourse. 610 $aqing dynasty. 610 $asocial commentary. 610 $ayoumo. 615 0$aChinese wit and humor$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPopular culture$xHistory 676 $a895.17/4809 700 $aRea$b Christopher G.$01041139 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797577103321 996 $aThe age of irreverence$93796766 997 $aUNINA