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Author : Ronald Scott Jenkins
Release : 1994
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Synopsis Subversive Laughter by : Ronald Scott Jenkins
Download or read book Subversive Laughter written by Ronald Scott Jenkins. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These vivid portraits uncover a profound reason for the universal appeal of comedy.
Author : Barry Sanders
Release : 1996-10-30
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 050/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sudden Glory by : Barry Sanders
Download or read book Sudden Glory written by Barry Sanders. This book was released on 1996-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this wonderful exploration of the meaning of laughter, Barry Sanders queries its uses from the ancient Hebrews to Lenny Bruce, turning up evidence of its age-old power to subvert authority and give voice to the voiceless.
Author : Ralph Lerner
Release : 2011-08-22
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 229/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Playing the Fool by : Ralph Lerner
Download or read book Playing the Fool written by Ralph Lerner. This book was released on 2011-08-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of the fool is to provoke the powerful to question their convictions, preferably while avoiding a beating. Fools accomplish this not by hectoring their audience, but by broaching sensitive topics indirectly, often disguising their message in a joke or a tale. Writers and thinkers throughout history have adopted the fool's approach, and ...
Author : Barry Sanders
Release : 1996-10-30
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 050/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sudden Glory by : Barry Sanders
Download or read book Sudden Glory written by Barry Sanders. This book was released on 1996-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this wonderful exploration of the meaning of laughter, Barry Sanders queries its uses from the ancient Hebrews to Lenny Bruce, turning up evidence of its age-old power to subvert authority and give voice to the voiceless.
Author : J. Heydt-Stevenson
Release : 2016-04-30
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 538/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Austen's Unbecoming Conjunctions by : J. Heydt-Stevenson
Download or read book Austen's Unbecoming Conjunctions written by J. Heydt-Stevenson. This book was released on 2016-04-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Austen'sUnbecomingConjunctions is a contemporary study of all Jane Austen's writings focusing on her representation of women, sexuality, the material objects, and linguistic patterns by which this sexuality was expressed. Heydt-Stevenson demonstrates the subtle, vulgar, and humorous ways Austen uses human bodies, objects, and activities (fashion, jewelry, crafts, popular literature, travel and tourism, money, and courtship rituals) to convey sexuality and sexual appetites. Through the sexual subtext, Heydt-Stevenson proposes, Austen satirized contemporary sexual hypocrisy; overcame the stereotypes of women authors as sexually inhibited, sheltered, or repressed; and addressed as sophisticated and worldly an audience as Byron's. Thus through her careful reading of all the Austen texts in light of the language of eroticism, both traditional and contemporary, Heydt-Stevenson re-evaluates Austen's audience, the novels, and her role as a writer.
