Funny Peculiar: Gershon Legman and the Psychopathology of Humor
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 accou
201 pages, 7 editions
English edition · First published 2004 by Routledge · ISBN 9780203728024
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7 editions
English
- Funny Peculiar: Gershon Legman and the Psychopathology of Humor · Routledge · 2012 · ISBN 9780203728024 This page
- Funny Peculiar: Gershon Legman and the Psychopathology of Humor · Routledge · 2016 · ISBN 9781138176249
- Funny Peculiar: Gershon Legman and the Psychopathology of Humor · Taylor & Francis Group · 2013 · ISBN 9781135890940
- Funny Peculiar: Gershon Legman and the Psychopathology of Humor · Routledge · 2012 · ISBN 9781299479760
- Funny Peculiar: Gershon Legman and the Psychopathology of Humor · Routledge · 2012 · ISBN 9781135890803
- Funny Peculiar: Gershon Legman and the Psychopathology of Humor · Routledge · 2012 · ISBN 9781135890872
- Funny Peculiar: Gershon Legman and the Psychopathology of Humor · Analytic Press · 2004 · ISBN 9780881634044
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