The Social Faces of Humour
Practices and Issues
First published in 1996, this volume is a sequel to Humour in Society: Resistance and Control which was edited by George E.C. Paton and Chris Powell. Now, seven years later, the culturally central nature of humour seems greater than ever.This collection of original essays critically assesses the practices of humour in various role relationships in a number of social contexts, for example, in the workplace and between family members. A feature of this new volume is the critical analysis of socio-linguistic practices, including the use of jokes and cartoons, to manage tensions in social relationships at the micro- and macro-sociological levels…
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Weitere Autoren: Powell, Chris (Hrsg.) / Wagg, Stephen (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-429-75210-0
- EAN: 9780429752100
- Produktnummer: 31848427
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 367 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'463 KB
Über den Autor
George E. C. Paton is Lecturer in Sociology at Aston University. He is the co-editor of and contributor to Humour in Society: Resistance and Control (Macmillan, London, 1988); he was President and Co-Chair of the 1995 International Humour Conference held at Aston University, Birmingham. Chris Powell is Lecturer in Criminology and Social Theory at the University of Wales, Bangor. He is the co-editor of and contributor to Humour in Society: Resistance and Control (Macmillan, London, 1988) and author of a number of articles on social control. Stephen Wagg is a writer and part-time lecturer at Leicester University. He is co-editor, with Dominic Strinati, of Come on Down? Popular Media Culture in Post-War Britain (Routledge, 1992) and editor of Because I Tell a Joke or Two: Comedy, Politics and Social Difference (Routledge, forthcoming). He also writes on sport and childhood.
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