TY - BOOK AU - Harder,Hans AU - Mittler,Barbara TI - Asian Punches: a transcultural affair T2 - Transcultural research - Heidelberg studies on Asia and Europe in a global context SN - 9783642286063 U1 - 809.7 23E PY - 2013/// CY - Heidelberg, New York PB - Springer KW - Satire KW - History and criticism KW - Satire, English KW - Asia KW - Cross-cultural studies KW - Periodicals KW - Publishing KW - History KW - 19th century KW - 20th century KW - Intercultural communication KW - Culture and globalization KW - Social conditions KW - Globalization N1 - Outgrowth of a conference convened by a research group called "Gauging Cultural Asymmetries : Asian Satire and the Search for Identity in the Era of Colonialism and Imperialism," working under the auspices of the Heidelberg Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context : Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows," held in November 2009 at Heidelberg University. (Preface); Notes bibliogr; Prologue : Late nineteenth and twentieth century Asian Punch versions and related satirical journals / Hans Harder -- The presence of Punch in the nineteenth century / Brian Maidment -- Punch and Indian cartoons : the reception of a transnational phenomenon / Partha Mitter -- The possibility of satire : reading Pratap Narain Misra's Brāhmaṇ, 1883-1890 / Alok Rai -- From Punch to Matʹvālā : transcultural lives of a literary format / Prabhat Kumar -- The Punch tradition in late nineteenth century Bengal : from Pulcinella to Basantak and Pā̃cu / Chaiti Basu -- Crossing boundaries : Punch and the Marathi weekly Hindu pañca (1870-1909) / Swarali Paranjape -- Punch in India : another history of colonial politics? / Ritu Gairola Khanduri -- Insistent localism in a satiric world : Shaykh Naggār's 'Reed-pipe' in the 1890s Cairene press / Marilyn Booth -- Abū Nazzāra's Journey from victorious Egypt to splendorous Paris : the making of an Arabic Punch / Eliane Ursula Ettmueller -- Teodor Kassab's adaption of the Ottoman shadow theatre Karagöz / Elif Elmas -- What's in a name? : branding Punch in Cairo, 1908 / Marilyn Booth -- 'Punch pictures' : localising Punch in Meiji Japan / Peter Duus -- 'Punch's heirs' between the (battle) lines : satirical journalism in the age of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 / Sonja Hotwagner -- Participating in global affairs : the Chinese cartoon monthly Shanghai Puck / I-Wei Wu -- 'He'll roast all subjects that may need the roasting' : Puck and Mr. Punch in nineteenth-century China / Christopher G. Rea -- Epilogue : Ten thousand Pucks and Punches : satirical themes and variations seen transculturally / Barbara Mittler ER -