Humour, Comedy and Laughter: Obscenities, Paradoxes,...

Main
Humour, Comedy and Laughter:...

Humour, Comedy and Laughter: Obscenities, Paradoxes, Insights and the Renewal of Life

Name: Humour, Comedy and Laughter: Obscenities, Paradoxes, Insights and the Renewal of Life
ISBN: 9781782385431

Lidia Dina Sciama (editor)

0 / 0

0 comments

Quanto Você gostou deste livro?

Qual é a qualidade do ficheiro descarregado?

Descarregue o livro para avaliar a sua qualidade

De que qualidade são os ficheiros descarregados?

Anthropological writings on humor are not very numerous or extensive, but they do contain a great deal of insight into the diverse mental and social processes that underlie joking and laughter. On the basis of a wide range of ethnographic and textual materials, the chapters examine the cognitive, social, and moral aspects of humor and its potential to bring about a sense of amity and mutual understanding, even among different and possibly hostile people. Unfortunately, though, cartoons, jokes, and parodies can cause irremediable distress and offence. Nevertheless, contributors’ cross-cultural evidence confirms that the positive aspects of humor far outweigh the danger of deepening divisions and fueling hostilities

Ano:

2016

Editora:

Berghahn Books

Idioma:

english

Páginas:

220

ISBN 10:

1782385436

ISBN 13:

9781782385431