Of Corpse: Death and Humor in Folklore and Popular Culture by Peter Narváez

358 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction essays sociology medium-paced
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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 c...

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