02785oam 22006374a 450 99621816310331620240424230454.01-283-26704-7978087421481597866132670470-87421-481-5(CKB)111087028104266(EBL)316753(OCoLC)476107717(SSID)ssj0000213584(PQKBManifestationID)11234961(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000213584(PQKBWorkID)10172039(PQKB)10546013(MiAaPQ)EBC3442779(OCoLC)53924680(MdBmJHUP)muse16324(MiAaPQ)EBC316753(Au-PeEL)EBL316753(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/55146(EXLCZ)9911108702810426620030226d2003 uy 0engurbn#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOf CorpseDeath and Humor in Folkore and Popular Culture /edited by Peter NarváezUtah State University, University Libraries2003Logan, Utah :Utah State University Press,2003.©2003.1 online resource (368 pages) illustrations"An earlier version of Ellis's essay 'Making a Big Apple crumble' was published in the online Journal new directions in folklore, 6 June 2002."Print version: 9780874215595 Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-351) and index.The Death-Humor Paradox --PART ONE Disaster Jokes --PART TWO Rites of Passage --PART THREE Festivals --PART FOUR Popular Culture --NOTES --REFERENCES --CONTRIBUTORS --INDEX.Laughter, contemporary theory suggests, is often aggressive in some manner and may be prompted by a sudden perception of incongruity combined with memories of past emotional experience. Given this importance of the past to our recognition of the comic, it follows that some ""traditions"" dispose us to ludic responses. The studies in Of Corpse: Death and Humor in Folklore and Popular Culture examine specific interactions of text (jokes, poetry, epitaphs, iconography, film drama) and social context (wakes, festivals, disasters) that shape and generate laughter. Uniquely, however,DeathHumorDeathFolkloreElectronic books. DeathDeath398.27Narvaez Peterauth801398Narváez Peter801398MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK996218163103316Of Corpse1802723UNISA