The Social Faces of Humour
Practices and Issues
Book
Paperback/Softback
367 pages
978-1-85742-270-2 (ISBN)
Description
Examining different types of humour, this book includes chapters on what is considered politically correct in comedy, English verbal humour, "mother-in-law" jokes, jokes about disasters, and the postmodern comedy of "Wayne's World".
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
indexes
Dimensions
Height: 219 mm
Width: 153 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85742-270-2 (9781857422702)
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Content
The politics of laughter, puritanical and politically correct? a historical account of changes in the censorship of comedy by the BBC; the status of verbal humour in British society - contextual aspects of English humour; "Down with Skool!" - the perspective of youth in contemporary western humour; humour at work and the work of humour; laughing on the other side of your PACE? an analysis of cartoons appearing in "Police Review" 1979-1993; mixed feelings - ambience, sexuality, and cartoon humour; "It's only a joke" - the role of humour in mother-in-law relationships; the sick disaster joke as carnivalesque postmodern narrative impulse; laughter in its place; laughter, footing and the tolerantial self; stepping into "Wayne's World" - exploring postmodern comedy; everything else is propaganda - the politics of alternative comedy.