The Importance of Being Funny
Gini, Al
| Autor: | Gini, Al |
|---|---|
| Themengebiete: | Psychology |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 25.07.2017 |
| EAN: | 9781442281769 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 168 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Untertitel: | Why We Need More Jokes in Our Lives |
Produktinformationen "The Importance of Being Funny"
When E. B. White said "analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog; few people are interested and the frog dies," he hadn't seen Al Gini's hilarious, incisive, and informative take on jokes, joke-telling, and the jokers who tell jokes. For Gini, humor is more than just foolish fun: it serves as a safety valve for dealing with reality that gives us the courage to endure that which we cannot understand or avoid. Not everyone tells jokes. Not everyone gets a joke, even a good one. But, Gini argues, joke-telling can act as both a sword and a shield to defend us from reality. As the late, great stand-up comic Joan Rivers put it: 'If you can laugh at it, you can live with it!' This book is for anyone who enjoys a good laugh, but also wants to know why.
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