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Autore: | Brottman Mikita <1966-, > |
Titolo: | Funny peculiar : Gershon Legman and the psychopathology of humor / / Mikita Brottman |
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.: | 9910827671903321 |
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