Laughter and Ridicule - Towards a Social Critique of Humour - Michael Billig

Laughter and Ridicule - Towards a Social Critique of Humour - Bog af Michael Billig - Hardback

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.