Merry Laughter and Angry Curses - The Shanghai Tabloid Press, 1897-1911

Informationen zum Autor Juan Wang is an independent scholar of Chinese history. Klappentext Merry Laughter and Angry Curses reveals how the late-Qing-era tabloid press became the voice of the people. As periodical publishing reached a fever pitch, tabloids had free rein to criticize officials, mock the elite, and scandalize readers. Tabloid writers produced a massive amount of anti-establishment literature, whose distinctive humour and satirical style were both potent and popular. This book shows the tabloid community to be both a producer of meanings and a participant in the social and cultural dialogue that would shake the foundations of imperial China and lead to the 1911 Republican Revolution. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1 Community of Fun2 Officialdom Unmasked3 Imagining the Nation4 Confronting the "New"5 Questioning the Appropriators6 The Market, Populism, and AestheticsConclusionNotesGlossary of Chinese Terms and NamesBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Juan Wang
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2013
• EAN: 9780774823395
• ISBN: 978-0-7748-2339-5
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies; Contemporary Chinese Studies Series; Contemporary Chinese Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches