Funny peculiar : Gershon Legman and the psychopathology of humor / / Mikita Brottman

• Autore: Brottman Mikita <1966-, >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Disciplina: 809.7/93538
• Soggetto topico: Wit and humor - History and criticism; Sex - History and criticism
• Note generali: First published 2004 by The Analytic Press, Hillsdale, N.J.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Why 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Funny peculiar
• ISBN: 1-135-89087-0; 0-203-72802-5; 1-299-47976-6; 1-135-89080-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779678003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II