Laughing and ridicule: towards a social critique of laughter

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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Main Author: Billig, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Series:Theory, culture & society
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary: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
Physical Description:264 p.
ISBN:9781446211779

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