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Humour, Comedy and Laughter - Obscenities, Paradoxes, Insights and the Renewal of Life (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,016

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Humour, Comedy and Laughter - Obscenities, Paradoxes, Insights and the Renewal of Life (Hardcover): Lidia Dina Sciama

Humour, Comedy and Laughter - Obscenities, Paradoxes, Insights and the Renewal of Life (Hardcover)

Lidia Dina Sciama

Series: Social Identities

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Anthropological writings on humor are not very numerous or extensive, but they do contain a great deal of insight into the diverse mental and social processes that underlie joking and laughter. On the basis of a wide range of ethnographic and textual materials, the chapters examine the cognitive, social, and moral aspects of humor and its potential to bring about a sense of amity and mutual understanding, even among different and possibly hostile people. Unfortunately, though, cartoons, jokes, and parodies can cause irremediable distress and offence. Nevertheless, contributors' cross-cultural evidence confirms that the positive aspects of humor far outweigh the danger of deepening divisions and fueling hostilities

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Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Social Identities
Release date:	April 2016
Editors:	Lidia Dina Sciama
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	220
ISBN-13:	978-0-85745-074-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-85745-074-3
Barcode:	9780857450746