Laughter and Ridicule: Towards a Social Critique of Humour by Michael Billig

Laughter and Ridicule: Towards a Social Critique of Humour

Michael Billig

272 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction sociology informative medium-paced
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From Thomas Hobbes' fear of the power of laughter to the compulsory, packaged "fun" of the contemporary mass media, Billig takes the reader on a stimulating tour of the strange world of humour. Both a significant work of scholarship and a novel co...

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