UID:
almafu_9958078777402883
Format:
1 online resource (368 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
9780874214815
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9786613267047
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9781283267045
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1283267047
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9780874214819
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0874214815
Content:
Laughter, contemporary theory suggests, is often aggressive in some manner and may be prompted by a sudden perception of incongruity combined with memories of past emotional experience. Given this importance of the past to our recognition of the comic, it follows that some ""traditions"" dispose us to ludic responses. The studies in Of Corpse: Death and Humor in Folklore and Popular Culture examine specific interactions of text (jokes, poetry, epitaphs, iconography, film drama) and social context (wakes, festivals, disasters) that shape and generate laughter. Uniquely, however,
Note:
"An earlier version of Ellis's essay 'Making a Big Apple crumble' was published in the online Journal new directions in folklore, 6 June 2002."
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The Death-Humor Paradox --PART ONE Disaster Jokes --PART TWO Rites of Passage --PART THREE Festivals --PART FOUR Popular Culture --NOTES --REFERENCES --CONTRIBUTORS --INDEX.
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Also available in print form.
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English
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780874215595
Language:
English
