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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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Prelims; Contents; Introduction; 2 A Critique of Positive Humour; Part I
- Historical Aspects; 3 Superiority Theories; 4 Incongruity Theories and Gentlemanly Laughter; 5 Victorian Relief Theory; 6 Bergson and the Function of Humour; 7 Freud and the Hidden Secrets of Jokes; Part II
- II Theoretical Aspects; 8 Laughter and Unlaughter; 9 Embarrassment, Humour and the Social Order; 10 Final Remarks; References; Name Index; Subject Index.