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Laughter and ridicule : towards a social critique of humour /
F̀rom Thomas Hobbes' fear of the power of laughter to the compulsory, packaged "fun" of the contemporary mass media, Billig takes the reader on a stimulating tour of the strange world of humour. Both a significant work of scholarship and a novel contribution to the understanding of th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Thousand Oaks :
Sage,
2005.
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| Colección: | Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | F̀rom Thomas Hobbes' fear of the power of laughter to the compulsory, packaged "fun" of the contemporary mass media, Billig takes the reader on a stimulating tour of the strange world of humour. Both a significant work of scholarship and a novel contribution to the understanding of the humourous, this is a seriously engaging book' - David Inglis, University of Aberdeen. This delightful book tackles the prevailing assumption that laughter and humour are inherently good. In developing a critique of humour the author proposes a social theory that places humour - in the form of ridicule. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (264 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781847877949 184787794X 1412902509 9781412902502 |