Christopher Rea, “The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China” (University of California Press, 2015)

Christopher Rea‘s new book explores five kinds of laughter that emerged from the tumultuous first decades of China’s twentieth century: jokes, play, mockery, farce, and humor. The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China (University of California Press, 2015) takes a playful approach to approaching play –...

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