
Ying Zhu (ed.)
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Published online:
14 September 2011
Published in print:
01 October 2008
Online ISBN:
9789882207646
Print ISBN:
9789622099401
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Stories from an Editorial Office Stories from an Editorial Office
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I Love My Family, Ying Da, and the Localization of the US Sitcom Format I Love My Family, Ying Da, and the Localization of the US Sitcom Format
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Further Experimentation and Financial Constraints Further Experimentation and Financial Constraints
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Chinese Restaurant and the Problem of Censorship Chinese Restaurant and the Problem of Censorship
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Tales of Jianghu (Wulin wanzhuan) and the Future of Chinese Situation Comedies Tales of Jianghu (Wulin wanzhuan) and the Future of Chinese Situation Comedies
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Conclusion: The Road Ahead Conclusion: The Road Ahead
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Chapter
8 A Brief History of Chinese Situation Comedies: Reconciling Consumer Modernity and Confucian Womanhood
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Published:October 2008
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Miao, Di, 'A Brief History of Chinese Situation Comedies: Reconciling Consumer Modernity and Confucian Womanhood', in Ying Zhu, Michael Keane, and Ruoyun Bai (eds), TV Drama in China (Hong Kong , 2008; online edn, Hong Kong Scholarship Online, 14 Sept. 2011), https://doi.org/10.5790/hongkong/9789622099401.003.0009, accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
This chapter examines the development of Chinese situation comedies, beginning with Stories from an Editorial Office (Bianjibu de gushi, 1992) in the early 1990s. It then discusses how the US sitcom format was utilized and modified in the mid-1990s in shows produced and directed by Ying Da, who was an influential figure in the development of the sitcom genre in China. The chapter examines two sitcoms produced by Ying Da: I Love my Family (Wo ai wo jia, 1993) and Chinese Restaurant (Zhongguo canguan, 1998).
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