TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bingham,Shawn Chandler
AU  - Green,Sara E.
TI  - Seriously Funny: Disability and the Paradoxical Power of Humor
T2  - Disability in Society Series
SN  - 9781626375659
AV  - HV1568.B564 2016 
U1  - 305.9080207 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Boulder, CO
PB  - Lynne Rienner Publishers
KW  - Disabilities - Humor
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1- The Social Significance of Disability Humor -- Mapping Disability Through Humor -- Organization of the Book -- Notes -- Chapter 2- Humor as Aesthetic, Analysis, and Activism -- Humor and Social Interaction -- Humor as a Way to Shape Perceptions -- Humor and Coping -- Carnival Consciousness: Humor as a Tool for Subversion, Activism, and Social Change -- Disability Humor: Enabling Social Actionin a Politically Correct World -- Getting Serious About Humor -- Chapter 3- Disability and Humor in Historical Context -- Greco-Romans: Impairment as Ridicule-ous Comedy -- From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment: Jesters and Fools -- The Vaudeville Era -- The Rise of Stand-up -- Disability Humor and Emerging Views of Disability -- Common DNA -- Note -- Chapter 4- A Twenty-First-Century Cast of Comic Characters -- Setting the Stage: The Cast of Characters in Social Context -- The Intersection of Humor and Disability in Everyday Life -- The Delicate Dance of Creating New Perspectives on Disability Through Comedic Performance -- Chapter 5- Creating New Narratives -- Tired Jokes: Superiority Theory and the Moral and Medical Lens on Disability -- Relief Theory: Humor as an Outlet, Humor as Liberation -- Inferiority Theory: The Ironic Power of Self-deprecation and the Sympathetic Imagination -- Jokes as Reframing: Incongruity Theory,the Social Model Lens of Disability, and Beyond -- In Sum: Humor and Comedy as Sociocritical Tools -- Chapter 6- Disability Humor in a Politically Correct World -- Evolution of the Term Political Correctness -- Comedic Views on Political Correctness -- Two Thumbs Up for "My Midga," Roger Ebert -- Chapter 7- Using Disability Humor to Reimagine Society -- Historical Threads: Folly, Disability, and Critique -- Comedians Playing with Theory?; Behind the Mic: The Comedians' Perspective -- Encountering Disability Through Humor -- What's Next: Suggestions for Future Research -- The Final Act -- Note -- Appendix: Biographical Sketches of the Comedians Interviewed -- References -- Index -- About the Book -- Untitled
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