1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451229503321

Autore

Palmer Jerry <1940, >

Titolo

Taking humour seriously / / Jerry Palmer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994

ISBN

1-280-06790-X

0-415-10266-9

0-203-38015-0

1-134-85138-3

Descrizione fisica

vii, 203 p. : ill

Disciplina

306.4/81

Soggetti

Wit and humor - History and criticism

Comedy - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-198) and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter INTRODUCTION -- part Part I OCCASIONS FOR HUMOUR -- chapter 1 JOKING RELATIONSHIPS -- chapter 2 CLOWNS AND RELIGION -- chapter 3 MEDIEVAL COMEDY: FOOLS AND FOLLY -- part Part II THE FUNCTIONS OF HUMOUR -- chapter 4 FUNCTION AND FUNCTIONALISM -- chapter 5 GENDER AND HUMOUR -- chapter 6 FREUD -- part Part III THE STRUCTURE OF HUMOUR -- chapter 7 INCONGRUITY -- chapter 8 INCONGRUITY AND DISCURSIVE CUES -- chapter 9 HUMOUR AND NARRATIVE STRUCTURE -- chapter 10 COMEDY, FARCE AND NEO-CLASSICISM -- chapter 11 MANNERS, WIT AND THE REFORM OF LANGUAGE -- part Part IV THE LIMITS OF HUMOUR -- chapter 12 COMPREHENSION AND HUMOUR -- chapter 13 PERFORMANCE AND OFFENCE.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910794564903321

Autore

Horwitz Allan V.

Titolo

DSM : a history of psychiatry's bible / / Allan V. Horwitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-4214-4070-9

1421440709

9781421440705

9781421440699

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 215 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

616.89075

Soggetti

Mental Disorders - classification

Mental Disorders - diagnosis

Psychiatry - history

History, 20th Century

History, 21st Century

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Diagnosing Mental Illness -- The Initial DSMs -- The Path to a Diagnostic Revolution -- The DSM-III -- The DSM-IIIR and DSM-IV -- The DSM-5's Failed Revolution -- The DSM as a Social Creation.

Sommario/riassunto

This comprehensive treatment should appeal to not only specialists but anyone who is interested in how diagnoses of mental illness have evolved over the past seven decades--from unwanted and often imposed labels to resources that lead to valued mental health treatments and social services.