The languages of humor : verbal, visual and physical humor / edited by Arie Sover.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sover, Arie, editor.

Series:

Bloomsbury advances in semiotics.

Bloomsbury advances in semiotics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wit and humor--History and criticism.

Wit and humor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 pages).

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.

Summary:

"Why are things funny? How has humor changed over the centuries? How can humor be a political force? Featuring expert authors from across the globe, The Languages of Humor discusses 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. The Languages of Humor explores 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 unique research-led book, which includes over 20 illustrations, offers a top-down analysis of humor studies."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Jokes and insults: language and aggression / Christie Davies

How jokes work?: Seven humor theories in search of a joke, multidisciplinary perspectives on a humorous text / Arthur Asa Berger

God, jokes, Parnusseh & Tsores: Jewish humor / Joseph Dorinson

Holocaust Jokes on American and Israeli situational comedies: Signalling positions of memory intimacy and distance / Jeffrey Scott Demsky, Liat Steir-Livny

Intertextuality and cultural literary in contemporary political jokes / Villy Tsakona

Humor and liminality: A case study of the Maltese "Gahan" / Mary Ann Cassar

Multifacet pragmatics of Russian Post-Soviet jokes / Kravchenko Nataliia, Pasternak Tetiana Anatoliivna

Caricature as a weapon in class struggle: Early Soviet graphic satire 1917-1930 / Annie Gérrin

The interplay between visual and verbal language in "Famous Last Words" cartoons / Carla Canestrari

Inside jokes: Identifying humorous cartoon captions algorithmically / Dafna Shahaf, Bob Mankoff, Eric Horvitz

Caricature as desacralization of the image: The Charlie Hebdo case / Ayelet Lilti

The internet political meme as a remediation of the political cartoon / Khin-Wee Chen

Slapstick Comedy: Under what conditions can body movements be humorous? / Paul Bouissac

Slapstick in the American cinema: From circus clowns to the first cinema comedians / Arie Sover

Slapstick humor in children's popular literature / Evangeline E. Nwokah

Shenanigans on stage: Cultural re-appropriation of classical music through comedy / Terri Toles Patkin

Consequential slapstick: Staging the aristophanic slapstick in Lysistrata / Vicky Manteli.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781350062320

1350062324

9781350062306

1350062308

OCLC:

1043995382