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200 10$aFunny peculiar $eGershon Legman and the psychopathology of humor /$fMikita Brottman
210  1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2012.
215   $a1 online resource (201 p.)
300   $aFirst published 2004 by The Analytic Press, Hillsdale, N.J.
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311   $a0-88163-404-2 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCover; 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; Index
330   $aWhy 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 accou
606   $aWit and humor$xHistory and criticism
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