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Cambridge University Press. Very Good. 2008. Softcover. 0521717744 . Spine and part of front wrap sunned and discolored. ; The first book to offer an integrated reading of ancient Greek attitudes to laughter. Taking material from various genres and contexts, the book analyses both the theory and the practice of laughter as a revealing expression of Greek values and mentalities. Greek society developed distinctive institutions for the celebration of laughter as a capacity which could bridge the gap between humans and gods; but it also feared laughter for its power to expose individuals and groups to shame and even violence. Caught between ideas of pleasure and pain, friendship and enmity, laughter became a theme of recurrent interest in various contexts. Employing a sophisticated model of cultural history, Stephen Halliwell traces elaborations of the theme in a series of important texts: ranging far beyond modern accounts of 'humour', he shows how perceptions of laughter helped to…
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- Title Greek Laughter: A Study of Cultural Psychology from Homer to Early Christianity
- Author Stephen Halliwell
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 632
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Etc.
- Date 2008-11-03
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780521717748 / 0521717744
- Weight 2.15 lbs (0.98 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 1.5 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 3.81 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Library of Congress subjects Laughter - Greece - History - To 1500
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008019386
- Dewey Decimal Code 152.430
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