Humour in the arts: new perspectives

"This collection demonstrates the usefulness of approaching texts...verbal, visual and aural...through a framework of humour. Contributors offer in-depth discussions of humour in the West within a wider cultural historical context to achieve a coherent, chronological sense of how humour proceed...

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Weitere Verfasser: Westbrook, Vivienne (HerausgeberIn), Chao, Shun-liang (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York ; London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2020
Ausgabe:First issued in paperback
Schriftenreihe:Studies for the International Society for Cultural History
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Zusammenfassung:"This collection demonstrates the usefulness of approaching texts...verbal, visual and aural...through a framework of humour. Contributors offer in-depth discussions of humour in the West within a wider cultural historical context to achieve a coherent, chronological sense of how humour proceeds from antiquity to modernity. Reading humorously reveals the complexity of certain aspects of texts that other reading approaches have so far failed to reveal. Humour in the Arts explores humour as a source of cultural formation that engages with ethical, political, and religious controversies whilst acquainting readers with a wide range of humorous structures and strategies used across Western cultures"...
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xii, 230 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780367587239
9781138314641

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