Of Corpse: Death and Humor in Folklore and Popular Culture - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0874215595 ISBN 13: 9780874215595

Casa editrice: Utah State Univ Pr, 2003

Riassunto

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, the essays here peruse a remarkable paradox---the convergence of death and humor.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Utah State Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0874215595
• ISBN 13: 9780874215595
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 358
• Redattore: Narvaez Peter