02711oam 2200613I 450 991077967800332120230802005940.01-135-89087-00-203-72802-51-299-47976-61-135-89080-310.4324/9780203728024 (CKB)2550000001020166(EBL)1433983(SSID)ssj0000871531(PQKBManifestationID)11527150(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000871531(PQKBWorkID)10823837(PQKB)10745595(OCoLC)846967793(MiAaPQ)EBC1433983(Au-PeEL)EBL1433983(CaPaEBR)ebr10689791(CaONFJC)MIL479226(OCoLC)842264798(EXLCZ)99255000000102016620180706d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFunny peculiar Gershon Legman and the psychopathology of humor /Mikita BrottmanNew York :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (201 p.)First published 2004 by The Analytic Press, Hillsdale, N.J.1-138-17624-9 0-88163-404-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Funny Peculiar: Gershon Legman and the Psychopathology of Humor; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Legitimizing Legman; CHAPTER 2 Against Jokes; CHAPTER 3 Against Laughter; CHAPTER 4 Against Clowns; CHAPTER 5 Against Stand-Up; CHAPTER 6 Against Humor Therapy; Afterword; References; IndexWhy are jokes funny? Why do we laugh? In Funny Peculiar, Mikita Brottman demurs from recent scholarship that takes laughter-- and the broader domain of humor and the comical--as a liberating social force and an endearing aspect of self-expression. For Brottman, there is nothing funny about laughter, which is less connected to mirth and feelings of good will than to a nexus of darker emotions: fear, aggression, shame, anxiety. Brottman rethinks not only the mechanisms of humor but also the relation of humor to the body and the senses. To this end, she provides an engrossing accouWit and humorHistory and criticismSexHumorHistory and criticismWit and humorHistory and criticism.SexHistory and criticism.809.7/93538Brottman Mikita1966-,1149914MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779678003321Funny peculiar3772225UNINA