Search results for “[Subject: humorous]”

• Author(s): Jerry Palmer • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Popular CultureFirst published in 1993. When do we laugh? Why do we laugh? What makes us stop? What does 'humour' consist of? Listen to any everyday conversa...

• Author(s): Paul E. McGhee | Mary Frank • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Mental HealthHere is the first book that is geared toward practical applications of humor with children. Health care professionals, counselors...

• Author(s): Jody Baumgartner | Jonathan S. Morris • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Political Process - GeneralThis book examines the role of humor in modern American politics. Written by a wide range of authors from...

• Author(s): Athena Du Pré • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralOffering a social scientific look at humor's role in medical transactions, this volume is based on extensive field study in seven medical settings. I...

• Author(s): Janet M. Gibson • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Cognitive Psychology & CognitionAn Introduction to the Psychology of Humor presents comprehensive research from ten psychological perspectives: cognit...

• Author(s): Delia Chiaro | Debra Aarons • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralPlaying with Food: Language, Humor, and Disgust is the first book to explore the interplay of food, humor, and disgust in...

• Author(s): Silas Kaine Ezell • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Television - GeneralThis book examines contemporary American animated humor, focusing on popular animated television shows in order to explore the ways ...

• Author(s): Lotte Goslar • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralIllustrated by Lotte Goslar herself, this extraordinary book provides, through her vivid sketch-like texts, a moving and humorous account of her life ...

• Author(s): David E. E. Sloane • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: American - GeneralOriginally published in 1993. The purpose of this volume is to lay out documents which give an estimate of Mark Twain as a humourist ...

• Author(s): Glynnis Cox • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Modern - 19th CenturyHumor and the novel both belong, in important ways, to the nineteenth century. It is in the nineteenth-century that we saw an unprecedent...

• Author(s): James W. Barron • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Movements - PsychoanalysisHumor, a topic that engaged Sigmund Freud both early and late in his career, is richly intertwined with character, with creativi...

• Author(s): George E. C. Paton | Chris Powell | Stephen Wagg • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Popular CultureFirst published in 1996, this volume is a sequel to Humour in Society: Resistance and Control which was ed...

• Author(s): Alison Ross • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Non-ClassifiableThe Language of Humour: * examines the importance of the social context for humour* explores the issue of gender and humour in areas such as t...

• Author(s): Jean E. Jost • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, WelshOriginally published in 1994. This collection presents essays that define the nature of Chaucerian humor, examine C...

• Author(s): Robert Westwood | Carl Rhodes • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Organizational BehaviorAccessible and amusing in style, Humour, Work and Organization explores the critical, subversive and ambivalent chara...

• Author(s): David E. E. Sloane • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Modern - 18Th CenturyOriginally published in 1979, Mark Twain as a Literary Comedian looks at how Mark Twain addressed social issues through humour. Th...

• Author(s): Shun-Liang Chao | Vivienne Westbrook • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Social HistoryHumour in Times of Confrontation: 1901 to the Present examines the various and surprising ways in which humour has been...

• Author(s): Gould Edinger • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralPons Asinorum Or The Future of Nonsense George Edinger and E J C Neep Originally published in 1929."A most entertaining essay, rich in quotation from...

• Author(s): Harold H. Mosak Phd • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Psychotherapy - CounselingFirst published in 1987. What distinguishes people from other animals is said to be people's ability to laugh. Much of the l...

• Author(s): Alexei K. Ditter | Xiao Rao • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Asia - ChinaThis book is a critical anthology that showcases the rich tradition of comic literature from medieval China. Spanning jokes, satir...

• Author(s): Maria Grazia Turri | Bridget Escolme • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: ShakespeareLaughter, Power, and the Unconscious offers paradigm-breaking insights into the psychological and sociopolitical dimension...

• Author(s): Barry Kudrowitz • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: ProductBlending popular culture and design theory, framed by a decade of scholarly research, this book highlights how play and humor fuel innovation. Now,...

• Author(s): David E. E. Sloane • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Modern - 18Th CenturyThe Literary Humour of the Urban Northeast brings together works by such writers as Mark Twain, P.T. Barnum, Marietta Holley, and ...

• Author(s): Peter Verstraten • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Film & VideoDutch cinema, when discussed, is typically treated only in terms of pre-war films or documentaries, leaving post-war fictional film large...

• Author(s): Nils-Johan Jørgensen • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Non-ClassifiableHere is a witty and learned literary excursion into the world of humour and comic literature as revealed inter alia by the works of S...

• Author(s): Camilla Vásquez • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralLanguage, Creativity and Humour Online offers new insights into the creative linguistic practices found in diverse digital contexts, ...

• Author(s): Mou-Lan Wong | James S. Whitehead • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Modern - 19th CenturyHumour Across Victoriana investigates the varying facets of ubiquitous humour in Victorian society by focusing on t...

• Author(s): Frank M. Lachmann • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Movements - PsychoanalysisUsing Kohut's seminal paper "Forms and Transformations of Narcissism" as a springboard, Frank Lachmann updates Kohut's proposa...

• Author(s): Micheal Kentish • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Psychotherapy - CounselingMainstream therapeutic modalities have very little to say about humour in therapy, but every therapist will tell you that it is ...

• Author(s): Barbara C. Bowen • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: European - GeneralOf the articles in this volume, eight concern a world-famous author (François Rabelais); the others are studies of little-known authors...

• Author(s): Jacqueline Harding • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Early Childhood (Incl. Preschool & Kindergarten)This captivating visual book provides an accessible introduction to how laughter affects the holist...

• Author(s): Peri Efe • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Theater - History & CriticismThis book delves into the fascinating interplay of bawdy humour and political satire, two core elements of shadow theatre across...

• Author(s): Qi Ai • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Film - Direction & ProductionThis book offers not only an in-depth study of Feng Xiaogang as a cinematic auteur but also a comprehensive and informative discuss...

• Author(s): Deliadasousa Correa • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: History & Criticism - GeneralThis book includes a collection of interdisciplinary essays that provide a valuable introduction to the field of lite...

• Author(s): Jutta Ahlbeck | Peaivi Lappalainen | Kati Launis • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralHow do we understand, imagine and remember childhood? In what ways do cultural representations and sci...