1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910466245203321

Titolo

50 years of Rolling stone / / introduction by Jann S. Wenner ; edited by Jodi Peckman and Joe Levy ; design director, Joseph Hutchinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Abrams, , 2017

ISBN

1-68335-020-0

Descrizione fisica

283 pages : illustrations

Disciplina

051

Soggetti

Journalism - United States - History - 20th century

Journalism - United States - History - 21st century

Rock music - History

Popular culture - United States - History - 20th century

Popular culture - United States - History - 21st century

MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock

LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

The 1960s. Pete Townshend -- Woodstock -- The groupies and other girls -- American revolution 1969 -- The 1970s. Finding Patty Hearst -- The death of Karen Silkwood -- The family : a photo portfolio / by Richard Avedon -- John Lennon -- Charles Manson -- Sex Pistols -- Hunter S. Thompson -- Ralph Steadman -- The 1980s. Guns 'n Roses -- Keith Richards -- Tom Wolfe -- The devil and John Holmes -- Inside the AIDS epidemic -- David Letterman -- Michael Jackson -- The 1990s. Eminem -- Jerry Garcia -- Mick Jagger -- P.J. O'Rourke on government waste -- Marilyn Manson -- Kurt Cobain -- Madonna's flesh and fantasy : a photo portfolio / by Steven Meisel -- Fast food nation -- Mandatory minimums -- The 2000s. Bono -- Matt Taibbi's "Great vampire squid" -- The Osbournes -- Bob Dylan -- David Foster Wallace -- Inside Scientology -- The Genesis project : a photo portfolio / by Sebastião Salgado -- The 2010s. Kendrick Lamar -- Taylor Swift -- The downfall of Gen. Stanley McChrystal -- Goodbye, Miami -- Lady Gaga -- Bruce Springsteen.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910139959203321

Autore

Morreall John <1947->

Titolo

Comic relief [[electronic resource] ] : a comprehensive philosophy of humor / / John Morreall; foreword by Robert Mankoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

ISBN

1-4443-5829-4

1-282-46097-8

9786612460975

1-4443-0779-7

1-4443-0780-0

Descrizione fisica

203p

Collana

New directions in aesthetics

Disciplina

152.43

809.7

Soggetti

Wit and humor - Philosophy

Wit and humor - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword / Robert Mankoff -- No laughing matter : the traditional rejection of humor and traditional theories of humor -- Humor, anarchy, and aggression -- The superiority theory : humor as anti-social -- The incongruity theory : humor as irrational -- The relief theory : humor as a pressure valve -- The minority opinion of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas : humor as playful relaxation -- The relaxation theory of Robert Latta -- Fight or flight, or laughter : the psychology of humor -- Humor and disengagement -- Humor as play -- Laughter as a play signal -- From Lucy to "I love Lucy" : the evolution of humor -- What was first funny? -- The basic pattern in humor : the playful enjoyment of a cognitive shift is expressed in laughter -- The worth of mirth -- That Mona Lisa smile : the aesthetics of humor -- Humor as aesthetic experience -- Humor and other ways of enjoying cognitive shifts : the funny, tragic, grotesque, macabre, horrible, bizarre, and fantastic -- Tragedy vs. comedy : is heavy better than light? -- Enough with the jokes : spontaneous vs. prepared humor -- Laughing at the wrong time : the negative ethics of humor -- Eight traditional moral



objections -- The shortcomings in the contemporary ethics of humor -- A more comprehensive approach : the ethics of disengagement -- First harmful effect : irresponsibility -- Second harmful effect : blocking compassion -- Third harmful effect : promoting prejudice -- Having a good laugh : the positive ethics of humor -- Intellectual virtues fostered by humor -- Moral virtues fostered by humor -- Humor during the Holocaust -- Homo sapiens and homo ridens : philosophy and comedy -- Was Socrates the first stand-up comedian? -- Humor and the existentialists -- The laughing Buddha -- The glass is half-empty and half-full : comic wisdom.