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Laughing and ridicule [[electronic resource] ] : towards a social critique of laughter / / Michael Billig



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Autore: Billig Michael Visualizza persona
Titolo: Laughing and ridicule [[electronic resource] ] : towards a social critique of laughter / / Michael Billig Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London, : SAGE, 2005
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
Disciplina: 152.43
Soggetto topico: Laughter
Ridicule
Wit and humor
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Prelims; Contents; Introduction; 2 A Critique of Positive Humour; Part I - Historical Aspects; 3 Superiority Theories; 4 Incongruity Theories and Gentlemanly Laughter; 5 Victorian Relief Theory; 6 Bergson and the Function of Humour; 7 Freud and the Hidden Secrets of Jokes; Part II - II Theoretical Aspects; 8 Laughter and Unlaughter; 9 Embarrassment, Humour and the Social Order; 10 Final Remarks; References; Name Index; Subject Index
Sommario/riassunto: Tackling the assumption that laughter and humour are necessarily good in themselves, this text develops a critique of humour proposing a social theory that places humour in the form of ridicule as central to social life.
Titolo autorizzato: Laughing and ridicule  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4462-1177-0
1-4462-3099-6
1-281-24470-8
9786611244705
1-84787-794-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910777031603321
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Serie: Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society