Of Corpse : Death and Humor in Folkore and Popular Culture / / edited by Peter Narváez.
Laughter, contemporary theory suggests, is often aggressive in some manner and may be prompted by a sudden perception of incongruity combined with memories of past emotional experience. Given this importance of the past to our recognition of the comic, it follows that some ""traditions&quo...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Logan, Utah : : Utah State University Press,, 2003. ©2003. |
| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (368 pages) :; illustrations |
| Notes: | "An earlier version of Ellis's essay 'Making a Big Apple crumble' was published in the online Journal new directions in folklore, 6 June 2002." |
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| Summary: | Laughter, contemporary theory suggests, is often aggressive in some manner and may be prompted by a sudden perception of incongruity combined with memories of past emotional experience. Given this importance of the past to our recognition of the comic, it follows that some ""traditions"" dispose us to ludic responses. The studies in Of Corpse: Death and Humor in Folklore and Popular Culture examine specific interactions of text (jokes, poetry, epitaphs, iconography, film drama) and social context (wakes, festivals, disasters) that shape and generate laughter. Uniquely, however, |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-351) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1283267047 9780874214815 9786613267047 0874214815 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Peter Narváez. |