A CULTURAL HISTORY OF HUMOUR by Jan Bremmer (Editor), Herman Roodenburg (Editor) ( 9780745618807 )

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Title:

A CULTURAL HISTORY OF HUMOUR
FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT DAY

By:

Jan Bremmer (Editor), Herman Roodenburg (Editor)

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0745618804

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9780745618807

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Publisher:

POLITY PRESS

Pub. date:

18 May, 1997

Pages:

280

Description:

aeo Highly original and innovative account of the history of humour through the ages from Antiquity to the present day. aeo Includes accounts of jokes and stage humour in Greece and Rome, practical jokes in Renaissance Italy and comic painting during the Dutch Golden Age.

Synopsis:

Humour is without doubt a vital element of the human condition but it has rarely been the subject of serious historical research. Yet a closer look at jokes and other comic phenomena shows us that the nature of humour changes from one period to another, and that these changes can provide us with important insights into the social and cultural developments of the past. This important and highly original book sets out to explore the terra incognita of humour through the ages -- from jokes and stage humour in Greece and Rome to the jestbooks of early modern Europe, from practical jokes in Renaissance Italy to comic painting during the Dutch Golden Age, from Bakhtina s conception of laughter to the joking relationships of anthropologists. These innovative accounts move humour into the centre of social and cultural history and throw an unexpected light on life and manners through the ages.

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1, black & white illustrations

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