Comedy and Critical Thought: Laughter as Resistance 9781786604088, 9781786604064, 9781786604071

Comedy and Critical Thought: Laughter as Resistance 9781786604064, 9781786604071, 9781786604088

Throughout history, comedians and clowns have enjoyed a certain freedom to speak frankly often denied to others in hegem

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Laughter, Humor, and Comedy in Ancient Philosophy 0190274557, 9780190460549, 0190460547

Ancient philosophers considered question about laughter, humor, and comedy to be both philosophically interesting and im

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Laughter, Humor, and Comedy in Ancient Philosophy 9780190917616, 019091761X

Ancient philosophers considered question about laughter, humor, and comedy to be both philosophically interesting and im

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Laughter, Humor, and Comedy in Ancient Philosophy 9780190917616, 9780190460549

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Comedy and Critique: Stand-up Comedy and the Professional Ethos of Laughter 9781529200164

Comedy and Critique explores British professional stand-up comedy in the wake of the Alternative Comedy movement of the

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Theory for Beginners: Children’s Literature as Critical Thought 9780823289622

Theory for Beginners explores how philosophy and theory draw on children’s literature while also coming to resemble such

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Comedy A Critical Introduction 9781782847274

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Tears of laughter: Comedy-drama in 1990s British cinema 9781526141798

Critically explores the interactions of comedy and drama within a group of popular and influential British films release

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Laughter as Politics: Critical Theory in an Age of Hilarity 9781474491563

Explores the role that laughter plays in constructing, preserving and transforming contemporary social and political lif

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Victorian Comedy and Laughter: Conviviality, Jokes and Dissent [1st ed.] 9781137578815, 9781137578822

This innovative collection of essays is the first to situate comedy and laughter as central rather than peripheral to ni

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