Humor and psyche :  psychoanalytic perspectives / 
 Humour and psyche  Humour and psyche :  Psychoanalytic perspectives 
edited by James W. Barron. 
 - xi, 232 pages :  music ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction --  Historical and Theoretical Perspectives --  The Psychoanalysis of Humor and Humor in Psychoanalysis --  Humor and Play --  Cracks: On Castration, Death, and Laughter --  Humor and Its Relation to the Unconscious --  Therapeutic Process --  Humor, the Transitional Space and the Therapeutic Process --  The Delicate Balance Between the Use and Abuse of Humor in the Psychoanalytic Setting --  Humor Is a Funny Thing: Dimensions of the Therapeutic Relationship --  Character and Creativity --  Humor in the Freud-Ferenczi Correspondence --  Winnicott's Laughter --  This Scherzo Is [Not] a Joke --  Conclusion --  Index.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10. 
<br/><br/> "Humor, a topic that engaged Sigmund Freud both early and late in his career, is richly intertwined with character, with creativity, and with the theory and practice of psychoanalytic therapy. Yet, until very recently, analysts ignored Freud's lead and re"--Publisher description. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0881632570 9780881632576 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98033349 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Psychoanalysis.<br/>Wit and humor--Psychological aspects.<br/>Wit and Humor as Topic--psychology
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BF175  / .H85 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>152.43