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  title info:
    title: Humour
    sub title: a very short introduction
  title info:
    title: Humor
  name:
    name part: Carroll, Noël
    name part: 1947-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2014
    copyright date: 2014
    edition: First edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 126 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
  abstract: Humour has been discovered in every known human culture and thinkers have discussed it for over two thousand years. Humour can serve many functions; it can be used to relieve stress, to promote goodwill among strangers, to dissipate tension within a fractious group, to display intelligence, and some have even claimed that it improves health and fights sickness. In this Very Short Introduction Noel Carroll examines the leading theories of humour including The Superiority Theory and The Incongruity Theory. He considers the relation of humour to emotion and cognition, and explores the value of humour, specifically in its social functions. He argues that humour, and the comic amusement that follows it, has a crucial role to play in the construction of communities, but he also demonstrates that the social aspect of humour raises questions such as 'When is humour immoral?' and 'Is laughing at immoral humour itself immoral?'. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. -- Provided by publisher.
  table of contents: A very short introduction -- The nature of humour -- Humour, emotion, and cognition -- Humour and value.
  note: Noël Carroll.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-121) and index.
  subject:
    topic: Wit and humor
  subject:
    topic: Wit and humor
  subject:
    topic: Humor
  subject:
    topic: Humour
  classification: BF575.L3 C38 2014
  classification: 152.4/3
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Very short introductions ; 378
  identifier: 0199552223
  identifier: 9780199552221
  identifier: 2013947882
  record info:
    record content source: CDX
    record creation date: 140124
    record change date: 20170724095337.0
    record identifier: in00003485229
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng