Laughing Histories

Author : Joy Wiltenburg
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000593617

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Laughing Histories by Joy Wiltenburg Pdf

Laughing Histories breaks new ground by exploring moments of laughter in early modern Europe, showing how laughter was inflected by gender and social power. "I dearly love a laugh," declared Jane Austen's heroine Elizabeth Bennet, and her wit won the heart of the aristocratic Mr. Darcy. Yet the widely read Earl of Chesterfield asserted that only "the mob" would laugh out loud; the gentleman should merely smile. This literary contrast raises important historical questions: how did social rules constrain laughter? Did the highest elites really laugh less than others? How did laughter play out in relations between the sexes? Through fascinating case studies of individuals such as the Renaissance artist Benvenuto Cellini, the French aristocrat Madame de Sévigné, and the rising civil servant and diarist Samuel Pepys, Laughing Histories reveals the multiple meanings of laughter, from the court to the tavern and street, in a complex history that paved the way for modern laughter. ​ With its study of laughter in relation to power, aggression, gender, sex, class, and social bonding, Laughing Histories is perfect for readers interested in the history of emotions, cultural history, gender history, and literature.

Author : Jeannie B. Thomas
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0813917239

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Featherless Chickens, Laughing Women, and Serious Stories by Jeannie B. Thomas Pdf

Interested in preserving her family folklore, Jeannie B. Thomas recorded detailed oral histories from her mother and two grandmothers. While analyzing the tapes of these sessions, she notices the inappropriate laughter often accompanied the retelling of painful stories. In this book, Thomas combines these personal narratives with original scholarship drawing on the work of Mikhail Bakhtin and Julia Kristeva to uncover meaning behind the startling presence of unconventional laughter in women's histories.

Author : Rafał Borysławski,Justyna Jajszczok,Jakub Wolff
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781443898546

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Histories of Laughter and Laughter in History by Rafał Borysławski,Justyna Jajszczok,Jakub Wolff Pdf

Laughter is often no laughing matter, and, as such, it deserves continued scholarly attention as a social, cultural and historical phenomenon. This collection of essays is a meeting ground for scholars from several disciplines, including historians, philologists, and scholars of social sciences, to discuss places and roles of laughter in history, in historical narratives, and in cultural anthropology from prehistory to the present. The common foci of the papers gathered in this volume are to examine laughter and its meanings, to reflect on the place of laughter in Western history and literature, to disclose laughter’s manipulative potential in historical and literary narratives, to see it in the light of the concepts of carnivalesque and playfulness, to see it as a reflection of hysterical historicizing, to see its place in comedy, farce, grotesque and irony, and to see it against its broadly understood theoretical, philosophical and psychological aspects. The book will appeal chiefly to an academic readership, including students, historians, literary and cultural scholars, sociologists, and cultural anthropologists.

Author : Angie Wong
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781772840322

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Laughing Back at Empire by Angie Wong Pdf

Asian Canadian activism, resistance, and art of the 1970s and 80s Laughing Back at Empire is a ground-breaking examination of The Asianadian, one of Canada’s first anti-racist, anti- sexist, and anti-homophobic magazines. Over the course of its seven-year run, the small but mighty magazine led a nation-wide dialogue for all Canadians on the struggles and social issues that concerned Asians in Canada. The Asianadian established a national platform for then-emerging Asian Canadian writers, artists, musicians, activists, and scholars like Sky Lee, Jim Wong-Chu, Joy Kogawa, Himani Bannerji, and Paul Yee. Columns like “On the Firing Line” and the “Dubious Achievement Awards” provided space to laugh back at the embarrassing concoction of Orientalist stereotypes in the media and to critique inconsistencies and superficialities within Canada’s newfound multicultural image. Situating the story of The Asianadian within the history of Canada, Angie Wong celebrates and builds on the work of its creators from the Asianadian Resource Workshop. Extensive interview material with the co-founding members, editors, volunteers, readers, and contributors captures their dedication and spirit of anti-racist collectivism. Wong’s analysis helps to dismantle cultural assumptions that have relegated Asian Canadian history, contributions, and injustices to the periphery of Canadian experience and identity. On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic and a resurgence of anti-Asian racism, Laughing Back at Empire amplifies the voices that speak, shout, and laugh together at empire’s self-congratulatory and exclusionary narratives.

Author : Julian Hawthorne
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Laughing Mill, and Other Stories by Julian Hawthorne Pdf

One of the tales, it should be added, is a mere jeu d’esprit, the presence of which in the collection is justifiable only on the plea that it makes believe to be what the others are—relieving a note too monotonously sounded by lowering it to the key of mockery. Possibly, nevertheless, it may turn out to be the float which will save the weightier portion of the cargo from going too speedily to the bottom. All the stories have appeared, during the last four years, in various periodicals, to the editors of which my acknowledgments are due for leave to reproduce them.

Author : Sara Beam
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0801445604

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Laughing Matters by Sara Beam Pdf

Sara Beam, in revealing how theater and politics were intimately intertwined, shows how the topics we joke about in public reflect and shape larger religious and political developments.

Author : Michela Rosso
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-29
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781350022751

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Laughing at Architecture by Michela Rosso Pdf

In a media-saturated world, humour stands out as a form of social communication that is especially effective in re-appropriating and questioning architectural and urban culture. Whether illuminating the ambivalences of metropolitan life or exposing the shock of modernisation, cartoons, caricature, and parody have long been potent agents of architectural criticism, protest and opposition. In a novel contribution to the field of architectural history, this book outlines a survey of visual and textual humour as applied to architecture, its artefacts and leading professionals. Employing a wide variety of visual and literary sources (prints, the illustrated press, advertisements, theatrical representations, cinema and TV), thirteen essays explore an array of historical subjects concerning the critical reception of projects, buildings and cities through the means of caricature and parody. Subjects range from 1750 to the present, and from Europe and the USA to contemporary China. From William Hogarth and George Cruikshank to Osbert Lancaster, Adolf Loos' satire, and Saul Steinberg's celebrated cartoons of New York City, graphic and descriptive humour is shown to be an enormously fruitful, yet largely unexplored terrain of investigation for the architectural and urban historian.

Author : Ingvild Saelid Gilhus
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134717675

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Laughing Gods, Weeping Virgins by Ingvild Saelid Gilhus Pdf

Laughing Gods, Weeping Virgins analyses how laughter has been used as a symbol in myths, rituals and festivals of Western religions, and has thus been inscribed in religious discourse. The Mesopotamian Anu, the Israelite Jahweh, the Greek Dionysos, the Gnostic Christ and the late modern Jesus were all laughing gods. Through their laughter, gods prove both their superiority and their proximity to humans. In this comprehensive study, Professor Gilhus examines the relationship between corporeal human laughter and spiritual divine laughter from c`ussical antiquity, to the Christian West and the modern era. She combines the study of the history of religion with social-scientific approaches, to provide an original and pertinent exploration of a universal human phenomenon, and its significance for the development of religions.

Author : Cynthia J. Miller,A. Bowdoin Van Riper
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781442268333

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The Laughing Dead by Cynthia J. Miller,A. Bowdoin Van Riper Pdf

Hybrid films that straddle more than one genre are not unusual. But when seemingly incongruous genres are mashed together, such as horror and comedy, filmmakers often have to tread carefully to produce a cohesive, satisfying work. Though they date as far back as James Whale’s Bride of Frankenstein (1935), horror-comedies have only recently become popular attractions for movie goers. In The Laughing Dead: The Horror-Comedy Film from Bride of Frankenstein to Zombieland, editors Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper have compiled essays on the comic undead that look at the subgenre from a variety of perspectives. Spanning virtually the entire sound era, this collection considers everything from classics like The Canterville Ghost to modern cult favorites like Shaun of the Dead. Other films discussed include Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Beetlejuice, Ghostbusters, House on Haunted Hill, ParaNorman, Scream, Vampire’s Kiss, and Zombieland. Contributors in this volume consider a wide array of comedic monster films—from heartwarming (The Book of Life) to pitch dark (The Fearless Vampire Killers) and even grotesque (Frankenhooker). The Laughing Dead will be of interest to scholars and fans of both horror and comedy films, as well as those interested in film history and, of course, the proliferation of the undead in popular culture.

Author : Brian S. Hook,Sophie Mills,Katherine C. Zubko,Keya Maitra
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469666419

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Global Humanities Reader by Brian S. Hook,Sophie Mills,Katherine C. Zubko,Keya Maitra Pdf

The Global Humanities Reader is a collaboratively edited collection of primary sources with student-centered support features. It serves as the core curriculum of the University of North Carolina Asheville's almost-sixty-year-old interdisciplinary Humanities Program. Its three volumes--Engaging Ancient Worlds and Perspectives (Volume 1), Engaging Premodern Worlds and Perspectives (Volume 2), and Engaging Modern Worlds and Perspectives (Volume 3)--offer accessible ways to explore facets of human subjectivity and interconnectedness across cultures, times, and places. In highlighting the struggles and resilient strategies for surviving and thriving from multiple perspectives and positionalities, and through diverse voices, these volumes course correct from humanities textbooks that remain Western-centric. One of the main features of the The Global Humanities Reader is a sustained and nuanced focus on cultivating the ability to ask questions--to inquire--while enhancing culturally aware, reflective, and interdisciplinary engagements with the materials. The editorial team created a thoroughly interactive text with the following unique features that work together to actualize student success: * Cross-cultural historical introductions to each volume * Comprehensive and source-specific timelines highlighting periods, events, and people around the world * An introduction for each source with bolded key terms and questions to facilitate active engagement * Primed and Ready questions (PARs)--questions just before and after a reading that activate students' own knowledge and skills * Inquiry Corner--questions consisting of four types: Content, Comparative, Critical, and Connection * Beyond the Classroom--explore how ideas discussed in sources can apply to broader social contexts, such as job, career, project teams or professional communities * Glossary of Tags--topical 'hubs' that point to exciting new connections across multiple sources These volumes reflect the central role of Humanities in deepening an empathic understanding of human experience and cultivating culturally appropriate and community-centered problem-solving skills that help us flourish as global and local citizens.

Author : Stephen Butler Leacock
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547199120

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Happy Stories, Just to Laugh at by Stephen Butler Leacock Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Happy Stories, Just to Laugh at" by Stephen Butler Leacock. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Paul McDonald
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : American wit and humor
ISBN : 9781847601896

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Laughing at the Darkness: Postmodernism and Optimism in American Humour by Paul McDonald Pdf

Paul McDonald's book is the second in the Humanities Ebooks Contemporary American Literature Series, edited by Christopher Gair and Aliki Varvogli. Given that postmodernism has been associated with doubt, chaos, relativism and the disappearance of reality, it may appear difficult to reconcile with American optimism. Laughing at the Darkness demonstrates that this is not always the case. In examining the work of, among others, Sherman Alexie, Woody Allen, Douglas Coupland, Jonathan Safran Foer, Bill Hicks, David Mamet, and Philip Roth, McDonald shows how American humourists bring their comedy to bear on some of the negative implications of philosophical postmodernism and, in so doing, explore ways of reclaiming value. Paul McDonald is Senior Lecturer in American literature at the University of Wolverhampton, where he is also Course Leader for Creative and Professional Writing.

Author : Audrey Bilger
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Dissenters in literature
ISBN : 0814330541

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Laughing Feminism by Audrey Bilger Pdf

An examination of comedy and feminism in the works of early women British novelists.

Author : Thomas Carlyle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B4713400

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Sartor resartus on heroes, hero-worship and the heroic in history by Thomas Carlyle Pdf

Author : Matthew Steggle
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0754657027

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Laughing and Weeping in Early Modern Theatres by Matthew Steggle Pdf

How and when did Shakespeare's audiences laugh, and weep, in early modern theatres? And when laughter, or weeping, were represented on that stage-as they are in hundreds of plays from this period-how were they acted out? This book considers laughter and weeping in the theatres of 1550-1642, arguing that both actions have a peculiar importance in defining the early modern theatrical experience.