Sciama, Lidia Dina. <br/><br/>
Humour, Comedy and Laughter :  Obscenities, Paradoxes, Insights and the Renewal of Life. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (220 pages) 
 - Social Identities Series ;  v.8 .
 - Social Identities Series .
<br/><br/>Intro -- Humour, Comedy and Laughter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The Origins of Comic Performance in Adult--Child Interaction -- 2 Learning from the Ludic: Anthropological Fieldwork -- 3 Humour as a Mode of Cognition -- 4 Comic Strips and the Makings of American Identity -- 5 Jokes without Frontiers, War without Tears -- 6 Laughing at the Future -- 7 The English Christmas Pantomime -- 8 The Function of Satire in Italian Popular Song -- 9 Laughing at the Past among Venetian Islanders -- Index. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781782385431 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Wit and humor-Social aspects-Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Comedy.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN6149.S62 H835 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.4/81