Throughout history, comedians and clowns have enjoyed a certain freedom to speak frankly often denied to others in hegem
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Ancient philosophers considered question about laughter, humor, and comedy to be both philosophically interesting and im
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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 explores how philosophy and theory draw on children’s literature while also coming to resemble such
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Critically explores the interactions of comedy and drama within a group of popular and influential British films release
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Explores the role that laughter plays in constructing, preserving and transforming contemporary social and political lif
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This innovative collection of essays is the first to situate comedy and laughter as central rather than peripheral to ni
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Anthropological writings on humor are not very numerous or extensive, but they do contain a great deal of insight into t
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“Though the current political situation in Palestine is more serious than ever, contemporary Palestinian art and film is
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