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

by Christopher Rea and Zhuodai Xu

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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,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1939161045

ISBN13:9781939161048

Release Date:March 2019

Publisher:Cornell University - Cornell East Asia Series

Length:300 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Humor Humor & Entertainment Humorous Literary Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction

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