Risible : : Laughter without Reason and the Reproduction of Sound / / Delia Casadei.
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Risible explores the forgotten history of laughter, from ancient Greece to the sitcom stages of Hollywood. Delia Casadei appro...
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Place / Publishing House: | Berkeley, CA : : University of California Press, , [2024] ©2024 |
Year of Publication: | 2024 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One. Laughter without Reason
- 1. Unknown Causes, or the Limit of Logos
- 2. Risible Creatures
- 3. Laughter as (Sound) Reproduction
- Part Two. Laughter as Mass Sound Reproduction
- 4. George W. Johnson's Laughable Phonography
- 5. Contagion
- 6. Canned Laughter, Gimmick Sound
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index