Laughter and Ridicule: Towards a Social Critique of Humour

Michael S. Billig

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Humor Studies and Applications Critical Theory and Philosophy American Literature and Humor Studies

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Tackling the assumption that laughter and humour are necessarily good in themselves, this text develops a critique of humour, proposing a social theory that places humour in the form of ridicule as central to social life.

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