Laughter and ridicule towards a social critique of humour
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.
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Sprache: | eng |
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London u.a.
SAGE
2005
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Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
Schriftenreihe: | Theory, culture & society
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Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
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Beschreibung: | 264 S. |
ISBN: | 1412902509 1-4129-0250-9 1412911435 1-4129-1143-5 |