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