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2004099514 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1412902509 |
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9781412902502 |
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1412911435 |
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pbk |
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9781412911436 |
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pbk |
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(OCoLC)58829996 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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rda |
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ATU |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
152.43 |
| Edition number |
22 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Billig, Michael, |
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author. |
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1059843 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Laughing and ridicule : |
| Remainder of title |
towards a social critique of laughter / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Michael Billig. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
London ; |
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Thousand Oaks : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Sage, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2005. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
264 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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n |
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rdamedia |
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volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Theory, culture & society |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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1. |
| Title |
Introduction -- |
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2. |
| Title |
A critique of positive humour -- |
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3. |
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Superiority theories : Hobbes and other misogelasts -- |
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4. |
| Title |
Incongruity theories and gentlemanly laughter -- |
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5. |
| Title |
Victorian relief theory -- |
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6. |
| Title |
Bergson and the function of humour -- |
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7. |
| Title |
Freud and the hidden secrets of jokes -- |
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8. |
| Title |
Laughter and unlaughter -- |
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9. |
| Title |
Embarrassment, humour and the social order -- |
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10. |
| Title |
Final remarks. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"`From Thomas Hobbes' fear of the power of laughter to the compulsory, packaged "fun" of the contemporary mass media, Billig takes the reader on a stimulating tour of the strange world of humour. Both a significant work of scholarship and a novel contribution to the understanding of the humourous, this is a seriously engaging book' - David Inglis, University of Aberdeen ; ; This delightful book tackles the prevailing assumption that laughter and humour are inherently good. In developing a critique of humour the author proposes a social theory that places humour - in the form of ridicule - as central to social life. Billig argues that all cultures use ridicule as a disciplinary means to uphold norms of conduct and conventions of meaning. ; ; Historically, theories of humour reflect wider visions of politics, morality and aesthetics. For example, Bergson argued that humour contains an element of cruelty while Freud suggested that we deceive ourselves about the true nature of our laughter. Billig discusses these and other theories, while using the topic of humour to throw light on the perennial social problems of regulation, control and emancipation."--Publisher description. |
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Machine converted from AACR2 source record. |
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Laughter. |
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319920 |
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Ridicule |
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373147 |
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Wit and humor |
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325879 |
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Theory, culture & society |
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302265 |
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