The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China by Christopher Rea

The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China

Christopher Rea

356 pages missing pub info (editions)

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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 laug...

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