What's so funny? : the comic conception of culture and society /
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| Author / Creator: | Davis, Murray S., 1940- |
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| Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1993. |
| Description: | xiv, 386 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1511680 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part 1. The Comic Attack on Culture Wit's Weapons: Incongruity and Ambiguity
- 1. Unstable Meanings
- 2. Irrational Logics
- 3. Indistinct Beings
- Part 2. The Comic Attack on Society Wit's Weapons: Anomaly and Actuality
- 4. Atypical Actors
- 5. Atypical Actions
- 6. Incompetent Functioning
- 7. Inauthentic Presentations
- 8. Incompatible Selves
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Illustration
- Credits
- Index