{"product_id":"the-languages-of-humor-9781350062290","title":"The Languages of Humor","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy are things funny? How has humor changed over the centuries? How can humor be a political force?Featuring expert authors from across the globe, \u003ci\u003eThe Languages of Humor \u003c\/i\u003ediscusses three main types of humour: verbal, visual, and physical. Despite the differences between them, all have a common purpose, showing us in different ways the reality that we live in, and how we can reflect on that reality. To this end, the book shows how humor has been used to address such topics as the Holocaust and the Soviet Union, and why it has been controversial in cases including Charlie Hebdo.\u003ci\u003eThe Languages of Humor \u003c\/i\u003eexplores a subject that is of interest in a wide range of intellectual disciplines including sociology, psychology, communication, philosophy, history, social sciences, linguistics, computer science, literature, theatre, education, and cultural studies. This volume features contributions from world-leading academics, some of who have professional backgrounds in this field. This \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  \u003cb\u003ePart I: Jokes and Joking\u003c\/b\u003e 1.    Jokes and Insults: Language and aggression \u003ci\u003e(Christie Davies, University of Reading, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 2.     How Jokes Work?: Seven Humor Theorists in Search of a Joke \u003ci\u003e(Arthur Asa Berger, San Francisco State University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 3.     God, Jokes, \u003ci\u003eParnusseh \u0026amp; Tsores: \u003c\/i\u003e Jewish Humor\u003ci\u003e (Joseph Dorinson, Long Island University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 4.      Holocaust Jokes on American and Israeli Situational Comedies: Signalling Positions of Memory Intimacy and Distance \u003ci\u003e(\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeffrey Scott Demsky, San Bernardino Valley College, USA and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiat Steir-Livny, Sapir Academic College and the Open  University of Israel, Israel)\u003c\/i\u003e      5.   Intertextuality and Cultural Literacy in Contemporary Political Jokes \u003ci\u003e(Villy Tsakona, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece)\u003c\/i\u003e 6.      Humor and Liminality: A Case Study of the Maltese \u003ci\u003eGahan (Mary Ann Cassar, University of Malta, Malta)\u003c\/i\u003e 7.        Multifacet Pragmatics of Russian Post-Soviet Jokes \u003ci\u003e(Kravchenko Nataliia, Kiev National Linguistic University, Ukraine, \u0026amp; Pasternak Tetiana Anatoliivna, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart II: Caricatures and Cartoons \u003c\/b\u003e8.   Caricature as a Weapon in Class Struggle: Early Soviet Graphic Satire \u003ci\u003e(Annie Gérin, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada)\u003c\/i\u003e     9.   The Internet Political Meme: A remediation of the political cartoon \u003ci\u003e(Khin-Wee Chen, University of Canterbury, New Zealand)\u003c\/i\u003e     10.  The Interplay Between Visual and Verbal Language in “Famous Last Words” Cartoons\u003ci\u003e (Carla Canestrari)\u003c\/i\u003e      11.  Inside Jokes: Identifying Humorous Cartoon Captions Algorithmically \u003ci\u003e(Dafna Shahaf, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Bob Mankoff, Cartoon Editor for The New Yorker Magazine, USA \u0026amp; Eric Horvitz, Technical Fellow and Managing Director at Microsoft Research, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e       12.  Caricature as Desacralization of the Image: The \u003ci\u003eCharlie Hebdo\u003c\/i\u003e Case (\u003ci\u003eAyelet Lilti, Elie Wiesel Institute in Paris, France)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart III: Slapstick and Physical Comedy\u003c\/b\u003e          13.   Slapstick Comedy: Under What Conditions Can Body Movements be Humorous? \u003ci\u003e(Paul Bouissac, University of Toronto, Canada)\u003c\/i\u003e          14.   Slapstick in the American Cinema: From Circus Clowns to the First Cinema Comedians \u003ci\u003e(Arie Sover, Ashkelon Academic College and the Open University, Israel)\u003c\/i\u003e           15.  Slapstick Humor in Children’s Popular Literature \u003ci\u003e(Evangeline E. Nwokah, Vanessa Lopez \u0026amp; Erin Morrison, Our Lady of the Lake University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e            16.  Shenanigans on Stage: Cultural Re-appropriation of Classical Music through Slapstick \u003ci\u003e(Terri Toles Patkin, Eastern Connecticut State University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e            17.  Consequential Slapstick: Staging the Aristophanic Slapstick in \u003ci\u003eLysistrata\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e(Vicky Manteli, Hellenic Open University, Greece)\u003c\/i\u003e  Bibliography Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019625267543,"sku":"9781350062290","price":123.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350062290.jpg?v=1750780820","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-languages-of-humor-9781350062290","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}