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Book Summary
Humour as a competence inherent in all human beings defiesdescription and its
huge variety, forms and faces have alwaysengendered curiosity. For centuries
people have attempted topinpoint the essence of humour. The contributors to this
volume,however, restrict their study of humour to the written and
oralliteratures of South Asia. They approach the problems not onlyintuitively,
from their own sense of humour, but go beyond that outof a recognition that
humour as performance is culture specific andcannot, therefore, always be
comprehended on the spot. Severalcontributors caste their work in various
theoretical frameworks,particularly theories of humour. The volume contains a
broadspectrum of essays on the subject in modern and pre-modern, inclassical
- ISBN-13
- 9788173042607
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Hard Bound
- Publisher
- Manohar Pubns
- Publishing Date
- 1998-12-01
- Total Pages
- 181
Of Clowns and Gods Brahmans and Babus: Humor in South Asian Literatures
by Christina Oesterheld, Claus Peter Zoller (Author),
Manohar Pubns (Publisher)
fictionfantasyyoung adultaward winning
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Book Summary
Humour as a competence inherent in all human beings defiesdescription and its
huge variety, forms and faces have alwaysengendered curiosity. For centuries
people have attempted topinpoint the essence of humour. The contributors to this
volume,however, restrict their study of humour to the written and
oralliteratures of South Asia. They approach the problems not onlyintuitively,
from their own sense of humour, but go beyond that outof a recognition that
humour as performance is culture specific andcannot, therefore, always be
comprehended on the spot. Severalcontributors caste their work in various
theoretical frameworks,particularly theories of humour. The volume contains a
broadspectrum of essays on the subject in modern and pre-modern, inclassical
Book Specifications
- ISBN-13
- 9788173042607
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Hard Bound
- Publisher
- Manohar Pubns
- Publishing Date
- 1998-12-01
- Total Pages
- 181