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Comic China : representing common ground, 1890-1945 / Wendy Gan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gan, Wendy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- East and West.
- Asia--Foreign public opinion, Western--History.
- Asia.
- China--In popular culture.
- China.
- Western countries--Humor.
- Western countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (318 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia ; Rome ; Tokyo : Temple University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "This book looks at Anglo-American comic representations of China, arguing that that there is a forgotten history within these comic depictions that is about finding common ground through humor rather than about expressing superiority and ridicule"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Dreaming with China : chinoiserie and musical comedy
- Ernest Bramah's Chinese fictions : chinoiserie and comfortable familiarity
- Comic mastery : Arthur Henderson Smith and J.O.P. Bland
- Levelling laughter : travel writing in China between the wars
- Comic parity : the new Shanghailander, likability, and amiable humour.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781439916315
- 1439916314
- OCLC:
- 1031040903
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