Maoist Laughter by Edited by Ping Zhu
Brand: Hong Kong University Press
Product Description
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 genresincluding dance cartoon childrens literature comedy regional oral performance film and fictionuncover many nuanced innovations and experiments with laughter during what has been too often misinterpreted as an unrelentingly bleak period. In Maos 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. show more
Condition : New
Author : Edited By Ping Zhu
Weight : 536.27
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Language : English
EAN : 9789888528011
ISBN10 : 9888528017
Format : Hardback
Date of Publication : 20191121
Place of Publication : Hong Kong
Pagination : 232 Pages 19 Bampw Illus.
Dimensions : 154.94 X 231.14 X 17.78mm