The Time of Laughter: Comedy and the Media Cultures of Japan Volume 101

by David Humphrey

From broadcast to social media, comedy plays a prominent role in Japan's cultural landscape and political landscape. The Time of Laughter explores how comedy grew out of the early days of television to become a central force in shaping Japanese media over the past half-century. Comedy and its impact, David Humphrey argues, established a "time of laughter" in the media of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries in Japan. Through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472076183
• ISBN13: 9780472076185
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"