Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-198) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; INTRODUCTION; JOKING RELATIONSHIPS; CLOWNS AND RELIGION; MEDIEVAL COMEDY: FOOLS AND FOLLY; FUNCTION AND FUNCTIONALISM; GENDER AND HUMOUR; FREUD; INCONGRUITY; INCONGRUITY AND DISCURSIVE CUES; HUMOUR AND NARRATIVE STRUCTURE; COMEDY, FARCE AND NEO-CLASSICISM; MANNERS, WIT AND THE REFORM OF LANGUAGE; COMPREHENSION AND HUMOUR; PERFORMANCE AND OFFENCE; CONCLUSION; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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An examination of the role humour plays in many different types of society. Palmer surveys the different approaches to its study - from Freud to anthropology, from literary criticism to biology.
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Title
Taking humour seriously.
International Standard Book Number
0415102677
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Comedy-- History and criticism.
Wit and humor-- History and criticism.
Comedy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.