Free Download Daniel Hammett, "Humour and Politics in Africa: Beyond Resistance"
English | ISBN: 152921971X | 2023 | 200 pages | PDF | 11 MB
Analyses of humour often focus primarily on the Global North, with little consideration for examples and practices from elsewhere. This book provides a vital contribution to humour theory by developing a Global South perspective. Taking a wide-ranging view across the whole of the continent, the book examines the relationship between humour and politics in Africa. It considers the context of the production and reception of humour in African contexts and argues that humour is more than just symbolic. Moving beyond the idea of humour as a mode of resistance, the book investigates the 'political work' that humour does and explores the complex entanglements in which the politics, practices and performances of humour are located.

Free Download André Breton, "Anthology of Black Humour"
English | 2009 | pages: 356 | ISBN: 1846590744 | EPUB | 0,5 mb
This is Breton's definitive statement on l'humour noir, one of the seminal concepts of Surrealism.

Free Download Philosophy of Humour: New Perspectives
by Daniel O'Shiel and Viktoras Bachmetjevas
English | 2023 | ISBN: 9004548807 | 198 Pages | True PDF | 22 MB

Free Download Jonathan Wilcox, "Humour in Old English Literature: Communities of Laughter in Early Medieval England"
English | ISBN: 1487545304 | 2023 | 358 pages | PDF | 9 MB
Humour in Old English Literature deploys modern theories of humour to explore the style and content of surviving writing from early medieval England. The book analyses Old English riddles, wisdom literature, runic writing, the deployment of rhymes, and humour in heroic poetry, hagiography, and romance.

Free Download Humour in British First World War Literature: Taming the Great War
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031340507 | 354 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 8 MB
This book explores how humorous depictions of the Great War helped to familiarise, domesticate and tame the conflict. In contrast to the well-known First World War literature that focuses on extraordinary emotional disruption and the extremes of war, this study shows other writers used humour to create a gentle, mild amusement, drawing on familiar, popular genres and forms used before 1914. Emily Anderson argues that this humorous literature helped to transform the war into quotidian experience. Based on little-known primary material uncovered through detailed archival research, the book focuses on works that, while written by celebrated authors, tend not to be placed in the canon of Great War literature. Each chapter examines key examples of literary texts, ranging from short stories and poetry, to theatre and periodicals. In doing so, the book investigates the complex political and social significance of this tame style of humour.

Free Download Hitchcock: Suspense, Humour and Tone by Susan Smith
English | June 26, 2000 | ISBN: 0851707793 | True EPUB | 162 pages | 6.3 MB
The author's treatment of the works of the most subtle of all film-makers analyzes the key elements of suspense, humour and tone across the whole of the director's career. Arguing that all three are central to our viewing experience the book aims to demonstrate how Hitchcock's integration of these elements is the key to his success as a filmmaker. Films such as "North by Northwest", "The Birds", "Shadow of a Doubt" and "Notorious" amongst others are examined in detail. The book discusses the idea of the director as a sabateur and the importance of the avoidance of cliche in Hitchcock's narrative.

Illustrating Asia: Comics, Humour Magazines and Picture Books By John Lent
2001 | 249 Pages | ISBN: 0700711880 | PDF | 31 MB
Comic art and picture story telling have had rich traditions in Asia, yet have received little academic attention. This book helps redress this shortcoming through contributions on Asian comic and serial art, providing both historical and contemporary perspectives from countries across Asia.

The Complexity of Workplace Humour: Laughter, Jokers and the Dark Side of Humour by Barbara Plester
English | PDF | 2016 | 179 Pages | ISBN : 3319246674 | 2.2 MB
This book discusses boundaries for organizational humour as well as the jokers and jesters that enliven modern workplaces. It has long been accepted that humour and tragedy can occupy the same space and that is eloquently demonstrated in this book. Using ethnographic research techniques, a selection of stories, ruminations, cartoons, and narratives of events is combined with theoretical conceptions of humour and fun to create a comprehensive analysis of the good, the bad, and the downright ugly in organizational humour.

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