Author: George KaoPublisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Chinese Wit & Humor
Author: George KaoPublisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Chinese Wit and Humor
Author: George KaoPublisher:
ISBN: 9780849509575
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
Humour in Chinese Life and Letters
Author: Jessica Milner DavisPublisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9888083511
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The present study emphasizes Chapter Six of Huai-nan Tzu in expounding the theory of kan-ying STIMULUS-RESPONSE; RESONANCE, which postulates that all things in the universe are interrelated and influence each other according to pre-set patterns.
Chinese wit and humour
Author: G. GaoChinese Wit & Humour. Edited by G. Kao, Etc
Author: George KaoChinese Wit & Humor
Author: K'o-i KaoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chinese wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Humour in Chinese Life and Culture
Author: Jessica Davis MilnerPublisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9888139231
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
This book investigates the use of humor in the public sphere and in personal life in China. The contributors cover modern and contemporary forms -- comic films and novels, cartooning, pop-songs, internet jokes, and humor in advertising and education. The second of two multidisciplinary volumes designed for the general reader as well as academic audiences, the book explores the relationship between political control and popular expression of humor, including the mutual exchange of comic stereotypes between China and Japan, and draws out important methodological implications for psychological and cross-cultural studies of humor.
Chinese Wit & Humor. Edited by George Kao
Author: George KaoHumor and Chinese Culture
Author: Xiaodong YuePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315412438
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
This book addresses psychological studies of humour in Chinese societies. It starts by reviewing how the concept of humour evolves in Chinese history, and how it is perceived by Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism respectively. It then compares differences in the Western and the Chinese perceptions of humor and discusses empirical studies that were conducted to examine such differences. It also discusses the cultural origin and empirical evidence of the Chinese ambivalence about humor and presents empirical findings that illustrate its existence. Having done these, it proceeds to discuss psychological studies that examine how humour is related to various demographic, dispositional variables as well as how humour is related to creativity in Chinese societies. It also discusses how humour is related to emotional expressions and mental health in Chinese society as well. It concludes with a discussion on how workplace humor is reflected and developed in Chinese contexts. Taken together, this book attempts to bring together the theoretical propositions, empirical studies, and cultural analyses of humor in Chinese societies.
Humour in Asian Cultures
Author: Jessica Milner DavisPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000591778
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
This innovative book traces the impact of tradition on modern humour across several Asian countries and their cultures. Using examples from Japan, Korea, Indonesia and Chinese cultures in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, the contributors explore the different cultural rules for creating and sharing humour. Humour can be a powerful lubricant when correctly interpreted; mis-interpreted, it is likely to cause considerable setbacks. Over time, it has emerged and submerged in different periods and different forms in all these countries but today’s conventions still reflect traditional attitudes to and assumptions about what is appropriate in creating and using humour. Under close examination, Milner Davis and her colleagues show how forms and conventions that differ from those in the west can also be seen to possess elements in common. With examples including Mencian and other classical texts, Balinese traditional verbal humour, Korean and Taiwanese workplace humour, Japanese laughter ceremonies, performances and cartoons, as well as contemporary Chinese-language films and videos, they engage with a wide range of forms and traditions. This fascinating collection of studies will be of great interest to students and scholars of many Asian cultures, and also to those with a broader interest in humour studies. It highlights the increasing importance of understanding a wider range of cultural values in the present era of globalized communication and the importance of reliable studies of why and how cultures that are geographically related differ in their traditional uses of and assumptions about humour.