دانلود کتاب Seriously Funny: Disability and the Paradoxical Power of Humor

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Title Page
Copyright page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1- The Social Significance of Disability Humor
Mapping Disability Through Humor
Organization of the Book
Notes
Chapter 2- Humor as Aesthetic, Analysis, and Activism
Humor and Social Interaction
Humor as a Way to Shape Perceptions
Humor and Coping
Carnival Consciousness: Humor as a Tool for Subversion, Activism, and Social Change
Disability Humor: Enabling Social Actionin a Politically Correct World
Getting Serious About Humor
Chapter 3- Disability and Humor in Historical Context
Greco-Romans: Impairment as Ridicule-ous Comedy
From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment: Jesters and Fools
The Vaudeville Era
The Rise of Stand-up
Disability Humor and Emerging Views of Disability
Common DNA
Note
Chapter 4- A Twenty-First-Century Cast of Comic Characters
Setting the Stage: The Cast of Characters in Social Context
The Intersection of Humor and Disability in Everyday Life
The Delicate Dance of Creating New Perspectives on Disability Through Comedic Performance
Chapter 5- Creating New Narratives
Tired Jokes: Superiority Theory and the Moral and Medical Lens on Disability
Relief Theory: Humor as an Outlet, Humor as Liberation
Inferiority Theory: The Ironic Power of Self-deprecation and the Sympathetic Imagination
Jokes as Reframing: Incongruity Theory,the Social Model Lens of Disability, and Beyond
In Sum: Humor and Comedy as Sociocritical Tools
Chapter 6- Disability Humor in a Politically Correct World
Evolution of the Term Political Correctness
Comedic Views on Political Correctness
Two Thumbs Up for “My Midga,” Roger Ebert
Chapter 7- Using Disability Humor to Reimagine Society
Historical Threads: Folly, Disability, and Critique
Comedians Playing with Theory?
Behind the Mic: The Comedians’ Perspective
Encountering Disability Through Humor
What’s Next: Suggestions for Future Research
The Final Act
Note
Appendix: Biographical Sketches of the Comedians Interviewed
References
Index
About the Book
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