Laughter and Ridicule

Michael Billig

SAGE Publications Inc, 2005

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This delightful, thought-provoking book tackles head-on the assumption that laughter and humour are necessarily good in themselves. The author proposes a social theory that places humour central to social life. Billig argues that all cultures use ridicule as a disciplinary means to uphold norms of conduct and conventions of meaning.

ISBN-13
9781412911436
ISBN-10
1412911435
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Year
2005
Publication date
2005-07-21
Pages
272
Dimensions
230x156x16
Weight
448