China's Chaplin: Comic Stories and Farces by Xu Zhuodai

Author:   Zhuodai Xu ,  Christopher Rea ,  Christopher Rea
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
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9781939161048


Pages:   270
Publication Date:   31 March 2019
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Hardback
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China's Chaplin: Comic Stories and Farces by Xu Zhuodai


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Hoaxes! Jokes! Farces and fun! China's Chaplin introduces the imagination of Xu Zhuodai (1880-1958), a comic dynamo who made Shanghai laugh through the tumultuous decades of the pre-Mao era. Xu was a popular and prolific literary humorist who styled himself variously as Master of the Broken Chamberpot Studio, Dr. Split-Crotch Pants, Dr. Hairy Li, and Old Man Soy Sauce. He was also an entrepreneur who founded gymnastics academies, theater troupes, film companies, magazines, and a home condiments business. While pursuing this varied career, Xu Zhuodai made a name for himself as a ""Charlie Chaplin of the East."" He wrote and acted in stage comedies and slapstick films, compiled joke books, penned humorous advice columns, dabbled in parodic verse, and wrote innumerable works of comic fiction. China's Chaplin contains a selection of Xu's best stories and stage plays (plus a smattering of jokes) that will answer the questions that keep you up at night. What is a father's duty when he and his son are courting the same prostitute? What ingenious method might save the world from economic crisis after a world war? Who is Shanghai's most outrageous grandmother? What is the best revenge against plagiarists, thieves, landlords, or spouses? And why should you never, never, never pull a hair from a horse's tail?

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Author:   Zhuodai Xu ,  Christopher Rea ,  Christopher Rea
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Cornell University East Asia Program
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9781939161048


ISBN 10:   1939161045
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   31 March 2019
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Christopher Rea is professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia and the author of The Age of Irreverence. He recently edited Imperfect Understanding, and, with Bruce Rusk, translated The Book of Swindles.

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