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Routledge Humour in the Arts: New Perspectives Book

Name: Routledge Humour in the Arts: New Perspectives Book
Brand: Routledge
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Explore the profound role of laughter and wit through this academic collection from Routledge. Humour in the Arts: New Perspectives offers a unique way to examine verbal, visual, and aural texts. By using a framework of humour, this volume provides a way to see complexities in texts that traditional reading methods often miss. This collection is part of the Studies for the International Society for Cultural History. It provides a chronological look at how humour has evolved from antiquity to the modern era. Readers can examine humour within a broad cultural historical context, seeing how it functions as a source of cultural formation. The contributors address how humour engages with religious, political, and ethical controversies, making it a vital resource for students and scholars of art, history, and cultural studies.

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Examines verbal, visual, and aural texts through a specialized framework of humour.

Provides a chronological perspective on the development of humour from antiquity to modernity.

Offers in-depth discussions of Western humour within a wide cultural historical context.

Explores how humour acts as a source of cultural formation across different eras.

Analyzes the connection between humour and ethical, political, and religious controversies.

Reveals complex aspects of texts that standard reading approaches often overlook.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1138314641
Category: Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 10 August 2018
Listed Since: 26 March 2018

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