The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China - Christopher Rea - Books - University of California Press - 9780520283848 - September 8, 2015
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The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China


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Tells the story of why China's entry into the modern age was not just traumatic, but uproarious. The author argues that this period from the 1890s to the 1930s transformed how Chinese people thought and talked about what is funny.


352 pages, 32 b/w

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released September 8, 2015
ISBN13 9780520283848
Publishers University of California Press
Pages 356
Dimensions 238 × 163 × 27 mm   ·   616 g

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