Laughter : notes on a passion /
Anca Parvulescu.
- xiii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Short circuits .
- Short circuits. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The civilizing of laughter -- Modernism, or An extravagance of laughter -- The philosophical avant-gardes, or The community of laughers -- Feminism, or 'She's beautiful and she's laughing' -- Cinema, or The laughing gas party.
0262514745 9780262514743
2009054314
Laughter--Social aspects Laughter--Psychological aspects Laughter in literature