{"product_id":"humour-in-the-arts-vivienne-westbrook-9781138314641","title":"Humour in the Arts: New Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection demonstrates the usefulness of approaching texts--verbal, visual and aural--through a framework of humour. Contributors offer in-depth discussions of humour in the West within a wider cultural historical context to achieve a coherent, chronological sense of how humour proceeds from antiquity to modernity. Reading humorously reveals the complexity of certain aspects of texts that other reading approaches have so far failed to reveal. \u003ci\u003eHumour in the Arts\u003c\/i\u003e explores humour as a source of cultural formation that engages with ethical, political, and religious controversies whilst acquainting readers with a wide range of humorous structures and strategies used across Western cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vivienne Westbrook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138314641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138314641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Vivienne Westbrook","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136513913087,"sku":"9781138314641","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_36a4743b-534f-4d46-b7fd-454f7272a962.jpg?v=1770163160","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/humour-in-the-arts-vivienne-westbrook-9781138314641","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}