Risible
Laughter without Reason and the Reproduction of Sound
$98.61
- Paperback
232 pages
- Release Date
5 February 2024
Summary
Risible explores the forgotten history of laughter, from ancient Greece to the sitcom stages of Hollywood. Delia Casadei approaches laughter not as a phenomenon that can be accounted for by studies of humor and theories of comedy but rather as a technique of the human body, knowable by its repetitive, clipped, and proliferating sound and its enduring links to the capacity for language and reproduction. This buried genealogy of laughter re-emerges with explosive force thanks to the bi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780520391338 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0520391330 |
| Author: | Delia Casadei |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 5 February 2024 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 18mm |
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About The Author
Delia Casadei
Delia Casadei is a scholar, writer, and translator based in Italy and the UK. Her articles on the relationship of language, voice, ideology, and history in twentieth-century music and sound practices have been published by Cambridge Opera Journal, The Opera Quarterly, Journal of the Royal Musical Association, and Representations.
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