Maoist laughter:

"During the Mao years, laughter in China was serious business. Simultaneously an outlet for frustrations and grievances, a vehicle for socialist education, and an object of official study, laughter brought together the political, the personal, the aesthetic, the ethical, the affective, the phys...

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Weitere Verfasser: Zhu, Ping (HerausgeberIn), Wang, Zhuoyi 1974- (HerausgeberIn), McGrath, Jason 1966- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Hong Kong Hong Kong University Press [2019]
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Zusammenfassung:"During the Mao years, laughter in China was serious business. Simultaneously an outlet for frustrations and grievances, a vehicle for socialist education, and an object of official study, laughter brought together the political, the personal, the aesthetic, the ethical, the affective, the physical, the aural, and the visual. The ten essays in Maoist Laughter convincingly demonstrate that the connection between laughter and political culture was far more complex than conventional conceptions of communist indoctrination can explain. Their sophisticated readings of a variety of genres--including dance, cartoon, children's literature, comedy, regional oral performance, film, and fiction--uncover many nuanced innovations and experiments with laughter during what has been too often misinterpreted as an unrelentingly bleak period. In Mao's China, laughter helped to regulate both political and popular culture and often served as an indicator of shifting values, alliances, and political campaigns. In exploring this phenomenon, Maoist Laughter is a significant correction to conventional depictions of socialist China"--Back cover
Beschreibung:vi, 224 Seiten 18 Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9888528017
9789888528011

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