Humour /
Written by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the nature of humour and the functions it serves. Why do we laugh? What are we to make of the sheer variety of laughter, from braying and cackling to sniggering and chortling? Is humour subversive, or can it defuse dissent? Can we d...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2019]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- On laughter
- Scoffers and mockers
- Incongruities
- Humour and history
- The politics of humour.