Laughing and ridicule [[electronic resource] ] : towards a social critique of laughter / / Michael Billig
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| Autore: |
Billig Michael
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| Titolo: |
Laughing and ridicule [[electronic resource] ] : towards a social critique of laughter / / Michael Billig
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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