Laughter and Ridicule: Towards a Social Critique of Humour

ISBN-13: 9781412911436 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 272 str.

Michael Billig

Opis

This delightful, thought-provoking book tackles head-on the assumption that laughter and humour are necessarily good in themselves. The author proposes a social theory that places humour central to social life. Billig argues that all cultures use ridicule as a disciplinary means to uphold norms of conduct and conventions of meaning.