LEADER 02785oam 22006374a 450 001 996218163103316 005 20240424230454.0 010 $a1-283-26704-7 010 $a9780874214815 010 $a9786613267047 010 $a0-87421-481-5 035 $a(CKB)111087028104266 035 $a(EBL)316753 035 $a(OCoLC)476107717 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000213584 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11234961 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000213584 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10172039 035 $a(PQKB)10546013 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442779 035 $a(OCoLC)53924680 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16324 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC316753 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL316753 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/55146 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087028104266 100 $a20030226d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aOf Corpse$eDeath and Humor in Folkore and Popular Culture /$fedited by Peter Narva?ez 210 $cUtah State University, University Libraries$d2003 210 1$aLogan, Utah :$cUtah State University Press,$d2003. 210 4$dİ2003. 215 $a1 online resource (368 pages) $cillustrations 300 $a"An earlier version of Ellis's essay 'Making a Big Apple crumble' was published in the online Journal new directions in folklore, 6 June 2002." 311 08$aPrint version: 9780874215595 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [335]-351) and index. 327 $aThe Death-Humor Paradox --PART ONE Disaster Jokes --PART TWO Rites of Passage --PART THREE Festivals --PART FOUR Popular Culture --NOTES --REFERENCES --CONTRIBUTORS --INDEX. 330 $aLaughter, 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, 606 $aDeath$vHumor 606 $aDeath$vFolklore 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDeath 615 0$aDeath 676 $a398.27 700 $aNarvaez$b Peter$4auth$0801398 701 $aNarva?ez$b Peter$0801398 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996218163103316 996 $aOf Corpse$91802723 997 $aUNISA