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Juan Wang - Merry Laughter and Angry Curses: The Shanghai Tabloid Press, 1897-1911 - 9780774823388 - V9780774823388
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Merry Laughter and Angry Curses: The Shanghai Tabloid Press, 1897-1911

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Description for Merry Laughter and Angry Curses: The Shanghai Tabloid Press, 1897-1911 Hardback. "Merry Laughter and Angry Curses" reveals how the late-Qing-era tabloid press became the voice of the people. 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. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.

The end of the Qing dynasty in China saw an unprecedented explosion of print journalism. By the turn of the twentieth century, not only had Chinese-owned newspapers become more influential than anyone could have anticipated, but it was the supposedly frivolous xiaobao, the “little” or “minor” papers, that captivated and empowered the public.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Chinese Studies
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774823388
SKU
V9780774823388
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Juan Wang
Juan Wang is an independent scholar of Chinese history.

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