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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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Greek Laughter: A Study of Cultural Psychology from Homer to Early Christianity Brochura - 2008 - 1st Edição
por Stephen Halliwell
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- Título Greek Laughter: A Study of Cultural Psychology from Homer to Early Christianity
- Autor Stephen Halliwell
- Encadernação Brochura
- Número da edição 1st
- Edição 1
- Páginas 632
- Volumes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Etc.
- Data de publicação 2008-11-03
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780521717748 / 0521717744
- Peso 2.15 libras (0.98 kg)
- Dimensão 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
- Número da Biblioteca do Congresso dos Estados Unidos 2008019386
- Dewey Decimal Code 152.430
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Paperback / softback. New. The first attempt to provide an integrated account of the bodily and psychological workings of laughter in ancient Greece. Adopting a wide chronological perspective and dealing with numerous aspects of cultural history, Halliwell shows how the theme of laughter can shed light on Greek ethical values and attitudes to life.
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