Of Corpse
：Death and Humor in Folkore and Popular Culture
Publication subTitle ：Death and Humor in Folkore and Popular Culture
Author： Peter Narvaez
Publisher： Utah State University Press
Publication year： 2003
E-ISBN: 9780874214819
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780874215595
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780874215595
Subject： C0 Social Science Theory and Methodology
Keyword： Death -- Folklore., Death -- Humor.
Language： ENG
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Description
Laughter, contemporary theory suggests, is often aggressive in some manner and may be prompted by a sudden perception of incongruity combined with memories of past emotional experience. Given this importance of the past to our recognition of the comic, it follows that some traditions dispose us to ludic responses. The studies in Of Corpse: Death and Humor in Folklore and Popular Culture examine specific interactions of text (jokes, poetry, epitaphs, iconography, film drama) and social context (wakes, festivals, disasters) that shape and generate laughter. Uniquely, however, the essays here peruse a remarkable paradox---the convergence of death and humor.