{"product_id":"controlling-laughter-9780691602233","title":"Controlling Laughter","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough numerous scholars have studied Late Republican humor, this is the first book to examine its social and political context. Anthony Corbeill maintains that political abuse exercised real powers of persuasion over Roman audiences and he demonstrates how public humor both creates and enforces a society's norms. Previous scholarship has offere\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction3Ch. 1Physical Peculiarities14Ch. 2Names and Cognomina57Ch. 3Moral Appearance in Action: Mouths99Ch. 4Moral Appearance in Action: Effeminacy128Ch. 5A Political History of Wit174Works Cited219Index Locorum et Iocorum233General Index247","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359114953047,"sku":"9780691602233","price":34.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691602233.jpg?v=1754123645","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/controlling-laughter-9780691602233","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}