Of corpse : death and humor in folklore and popular culture / edited by Peter Narvaez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Narváez, Peter, Author.

Contributor:

Narváez, Peter.

This book is freely available in digital formats through the Utah State University Library Digital Commons., funder.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death--Folklore.

Death.

Death--Humor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2003.

Utah State University Press, [2003]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Laughter, contemporary theory suggests, is often aggressive in some manner and may be prompted by a sudden perception of incongruity combined with memories of past emotional experience. Given this importance of the past to our recognition of the comic, it follows that some ""traditions"" dispose us to ludic responses. The studies in Of Corpse: Death and Humor in Folklore and Popular Culture examine specific interactions of text (jokes, poetry, epitaphs, iconography, film drama) and social context (wakes, festivals, disasters) that shape and generate laughter. Uniquely, however,

Contents:

The Death-Humor Paradox

PART ONE Disaster Jokes

PART TWO Rites of Passage

PART THREE Festivals

PART FOUR Popular Culture

NOTES

REFERENCES

CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX.

Notes:

"An earlier version of Ellis's essay 'Making a Big Apple crumble' was published in the online Journal new directions in folklore, 6 June 2002."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-351) and index.

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ISBN:

9780874214819

9780874214815

9786613267047

9781283267045

1283267047

0874214815

OCLC:

476107717

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Unrestricted online access