LEADER 03599nam 22004455 450 001 9910682555103321 005 20230317110041.0 010 $a3-031-21739-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-21739-5 035 $a(CKB)5580000000524698 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-21739-5 035 $a(EXLCZ)995580000000524698 100 $a20230317d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBetween Laughter and Satire$b[electronic resource] $eAspects of the Historical Study of Humour /$fby Conal Condren 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (X, 238 p.) 311 $a3-031-21738-1 327 $a1 Introduction -- Part I Laughter and the Study of Humour -- 2 Laughter and the Formation of a Concept of Humour -- 3 The Universality and the Genealogy of Humour -- Part II Method and Its Limits in the Historical Study of Humour -- 4 Context and Intention -- 5 Translation and Reception -- Part III Defining Satire and Satiric Humour -- 6 Definition by Dictionary, Origin and Implications -- 7 Definition by Adjacent Terms, Genre and Satiric Definition -- Part IV Satiric Humour in Popular Culture: The Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister Television Satires -- 8 Theory and the Absent Political System -- 9 The Satiric Presence of Political Discourse -- 10 Conclusion -- Bibliography. 330 $aThis book explores closely related aspects of the historical study of humour. It challenges much that has been taken for granted in a field of study for which history has been marginal. It disputes the conventional genealogical view that humour theory dates from antiquity and outlines an alternative conceptual history. It critically examines the nostrum that humour is universal. It then explores the methodological difficulties in treating both verbal and non-verbal humour historically, dealing with contextualisation, intentionality, translation and reception. It explores the variable relationships between satire and definition and concludes with a detailed case study from recent history: the iconic Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister television comedies. These are commonly seen as realistic, but better understood as presenting popularised theories for satiric and propagandistic effect. Only in their treatment of language can we assess a putative political realism. The satires are often highly perceptive but largely dependent on misleading and inadequate theories of political discourse. Conal Condren is an Emeritus Scientia Professor at UNSW, a member of two Cambridge Colleges and a fellow both of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and The Social Sciences in Australia. He has published widely and principally in early modern intellectual history. Among his books are The Status and Appraisal of Classic Texts; Argument and Authority in Early Modern England; Political Vocabularies: Word Change and the Nature of Politics. 606 $aComedy 606 $aTelevision broadcasting 606 $aComedy Studies 606 $aTelevision Studies 615 0$aComedy. 615 0$aTelevision broadcasting. 615 14$aComedy Studies. 615 24$aTelevision Studies. 676 $a306 676 $a792.23 700 $aCondren$b Conal$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0250950 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910682555103321 996 $aBetween Laughter and Satire$93287701 997 $aUNINA