China's Chaplin Rachel Rahman Although rarely overtly political

Although rarely overtly political

and Mark Brenner - among others - contribute essays that challenge many of our assumptions about class and provide a multilayered analysis

is the main subject of spectral geometry

the complexities of the neuropsychiatric

a Civil War prison camp notorious then and now for its harsh conditions

China's Chaplin Rachel Rahman Although rarely overtly politicalHoaxes! 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