Seriously funny disability and the paradoxical power of humor
Exploring a paradox, Shawn Bingham and Sara Green show how humor has been used both to challenge traditional views of disability and to reinforce negative stereotypes and social inequalities. Seriously Funny ranges from ancient Greek dramas to medieval court jesters to contemporary comedy, from stag...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boulder, Colorado :
Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc
[2016]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Disability in society. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b44351690*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The social significance of disability humor
- Humor as aesthetic, analysis, and activism
- Disability and humor in historical context
- A twenty-first century cast of comic characters
- Creating new narratives
- Disability humor in a politically correct world
- Using disability humor to reimagine society.
