Funny Peculiar: Gershon Legman and the Psychopathology of Humor
ISBN: 9781138176249 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why are jokes funny? Why do we laugh? In Funny Peculiar, Mikita Brottman demurs from recent scholarship that takes laughter-- and the broader domain of humor and the comical--as a liberating social force and an endearing aspect of self-expression. For Brottman, there is nothing funny about laughter, which is less connected to mirth and feelings of good will than to a nexus of darker emotions: fear, aggression, shame, anxiety.
Brottman rethinks not only the mechanisms of humor but also the relation of humor to the body and the senses. To this end, she provides an engrossing account... Why are jokes funny? Why do we laugh? In Funny Peculiar, Mikita Brottman demurs from recent scholarship that takes laughter-- and the broader ...
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682,09 zł |
Cracking Jokes: Studies of Sick Humor Cycles & Stereotypes
ISBN: 9781610273602 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 30th Anniversary Edition is a candid academic treatment of offensive and sick humor by the leading folklorist scholar on the topic of jokes and joke cycles. It features insightful, surprising, controversial and thought-provoking analyses of the jokes that have been told for years, within various cultures. "No piece of folklore continues to be transmitted unless it means something-even if neither the speaker nor the audience can articulate what that meaning might be. In fact, it usually is essential that the joke's meaning not be crystal clear. If people knew what... The 30th Anniversary Edition is a candid academic treatment of offensive and sick humor by the leading folklorist scholar on the topic of jokes and... |
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145,80 zł |
Sweet Madness: A Study of Humor
ISBN: 9781138533745 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written for all who are interested in the mechanics of humor, Sweet Madness presents a general discussion and introduction to the roles of paradox, metaphor, and fantasy in humor. The operation of the implicit and the unconscious in humor; the importance of humor to human life; and the development, from childhood on, of the sense of humor are discussed. The background for this serious study is drawn from such fields as psychiatry, psychology, anthropology, and sociology. William F. Fry, in this work, presents a new theory of the structure of humor based on the sometimes little understood...
Written for all who are interested in the mechanics of humor, Sweet Madness presents a general discussion and introduction to the roles of paradox, me...
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708,33 zł |
Necessary Nonsense: Aesthetics, History, Neurology, Psychology
ISBN: 9780814213797 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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372,91 zł |
Philosophy, Poetry, and Power in Aristophanes's Birds
ISBN: 9781498590761 / Angielski / Twarda / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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602,01 zł |
A Multimodal Study of Sarcasm in Interactional Humor
ISBN: 9783110625899 / Angielski / Twarda / 285 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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567,76 zł |
Recontextualizing Humor: Rethinking the Analysis and Teaching of Humor
ISBN: 9781501517488 / Angielski / Twarda / 245 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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567,76 zł |
Language Play in Contemporary Swedish Comic Strips
ISBN: 9781501514319 / Angielski / Twarda / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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567,76 zł |
The Humanist Ulrich von Hutten: A Reappraisal of his Humor
ISBN: 9781469657097 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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132,09 zł |
Lucian and His Roman Voices: Cultural Exchanges and Conflicts in the Late Roman Empire
ISBN: 9780367870676 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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209,82 zł |
Caricature and National Character: The United States at War
ISBN: 9780271089768 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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463,66 zł |
Satire
ISBN: 9781350140073 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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89,15 zł |
Satire
ISBN: 9781350140080 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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288,58 zł |
Pluralism, Poetry, and Literacy: A Test of Reading and Interpretive Techniques
ISBN: 9780367191559 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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708,33 zł |
COMIC ART OF LAURENCE STERNE
ISBN: 9781487585501 / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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104,88 zł |
The Wicked Wit of Charles Dickens (16pt Large Print Edition)
ISBN: 9780369362230 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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146,72 zł |
If You're Cracked, You're Happy (hardback): The History of Cracked Mazagine, Part Won
ISBN: 9781629336770 / Angielski / Twarda / 562 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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220,14 zł |
If You're Cracked, You're Happy (hardback): The History of Cracked Mazagine, Part Too
ISBN: 9781629336787 / Angielski / Twarda / 572 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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220,14 zł |
Recontextualizing Humor: Rethinking the Analysis and Teaching of Humor
ISBN: 9781501526930 / Angielski / Miękka / 245 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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109,01 zł |
The Little Book of HP Lovecraft: Wit & Wisdom from the Creator of Cthulhu
ISBN: 9781800692343 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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31,01 zł |