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035			_a(OCoLC)58829996
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _dATU
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100	1		_aBillig, Michael, _eauthor. _91059843
245	1	0	_aLaughing and ridicule : _btowards a social critique of laughter / _cMichael Billig.
264		1	_aLondon ; _aThousand Oaks : _bSage, _c2005.
300			_a264 pages ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aTheory, culture & society
505	0	0	_g1. _tIntroduction -- _g2. _tA critique of positive humour -- _g3. _tSuperiority theories : Hobbes and other misogelasts -- _g4. _tIncongruity theories and gentlemanly laughter -- _g5. _tVictorian relief theory -- _g6. _tBergson and the function of humour -- _g7. _tFreud and the hidden secrets of jokes -- _g8. _tLaughter and unlaughter -- _g9. _tEmbarrassment, humour and the social order -- _g10. _tFinal remarks.
520			_a"`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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650		0	_aRidicule _9373147
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