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Humour, Comedy and Laughter: Obscenities, Paradoxes, Insights and the Renewal of Life
Lidia Dina Sciama (Ed.)
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Description for Humour, Comedy and Laughter: Obscenities, Paradoxes, Insights and the Renewal of Life
Hardback. Anthropological writings on humour are not numerous, but they do contain insight into the social processes that underlie joking and laughter. This volume examines the cognitive, social, and moral aspects of humour and its potential to bring about a sense of mutual understanding, even among different and possibly hostile people. Editor(s): Sciama, Lidia Dina. Series: Social Identities. Num Pages: 216 pages, 20 illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Anthropological writings on humour 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 ... Read more
Anthropological writings on humour 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Social Identities
Condition
New
Weight
443g
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857450746
SKU
V9780857450746
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About Lidia Dina Sciama (Ed.)
Lidia Dina Sciama is former Director of the International Gender Studies Centre (formerly the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women), University of Oxford, where she is currently a Research Associate. She is the author of A Venetian Island: Environment, History and Change in Burano (Berghahn 2003).
Reviews for Humour, Comedy and Laughter: Obscenities, Paradoxes, Insights and the Renewal of Life
This collection is like a charm bracelet. The essays are attractive and bright, but their interconnection derives largely from being gathered in one place. The general theme is anthropological-the collection presents humor as both a topic and a method in anthropological research-but the title is broad enough to permit scholarship from a wide variety of disciplines.... All the essays in ... Read more