Laughter and ridicule: towards a social critique of humour
Date: 08 Dec 2008, 13:00
Laughter and Ridicule: Towards a Social Critique of Humour (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society) by Michael Billig Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd 2005-10 | 272 Pages | ISBN: 1412911435 | PDF | 1 MB From Thomas Hobbes' fear of the power of laughter to the compulsory, packaged "fun" of the contemporary mass media, Billig takes the reader on a stimulating tour of the strange world of humour. Both a significant work of scholarship and a novel contribution to the understanding of the humourous, this is a seriously engaging book' - David Inglis, University of Aberdeen.
