The Uses and Abuses of Humour in Social Work

ISBN-13: 9780367582388 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 98 str.

Stephen Jordan

Opis

This book explores social work’s sometimes uneasy relationship with humour, its positive uses in surviving in social work, its aid to building relationships, and its negative aspects.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction: spectators of our own lives; Chapter 2: Definitions and context "self defence against the slings and arrows of an unfriendly world"; Chapter 3: Humour and the work place: the bonds of stress; Chapter 4: The media: "equal opportunity approaches offensiveness"; Chapter 5: "Deep down": humour, health and relationship based practice; Chapter 6: "The most PC people around": social work, humour and political correctness; Chapter 7: Rottweilers and subversives: anti-social humour; Conclusion: Choosing between our comic or tragic potentials; Index

O autorze

Stephen Jordan worked as a social worker for 19 years and now works for the University of Essex where he lectures in social work.