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Book Synopsis
Merry Laughter and Angry Curses investigates the proliferation of late-Qing-era tabloid journalism and the tabloids’ role in subverting the political and intellectual establishment.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Community of Fun

2 Officialdom Unmasked

3 Imagining the Nation

4 Confronting the “New”

5 Questioning the Appropriators

6 The Market, Populism, and Aesthetics

Conclusion

Notes

Glossary of Chinese Terms and Names

Bibliography

Index

Merry Laughter and Angry Curses The Shanghai

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: 23/10/2012
      ISBN13: 9780774823388, 978-0774823388
      ISBN10: 0774823380

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Merry Laughter and Angry Curses investigates the proliferation of late-Qing-era tabloid journalism and the tabloids’ role in subverting the political and intellectual establishment.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      1 Community of Fun

      2 Officialdom Unmasked

      3 Imagining the Nation

      4 Confronting the “New”

      5 Questioning the Appropriators

      6 The Market, Populism, and Aesthetics

      Conclusion

      Notes

      Glossary of Chinese Terms and Names

      Bibliography

      Index

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