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Cultural History of Humour

Cultural History of Humour

Bremmer, Jan
Roodenburg, Herman

Paperback

HumorAnthropologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0745618804
ISBN13: 9780745618807
Publisher: Polity Pr
Published: Jul 14 1997
Pages: 280
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.86 Width: 6.03 Depth: 8.99
Language: English
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 Bakhtin'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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