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Book Chapter
From Lucy to “I Love Lucy”
2009
Overview
This chapter contains sections titled:
What Was First Funny?
The Basic Pattern in Humor: The Playful Enjoyment of a Cognitive Shift Is Expressed in Laughter
The Worth of Mirth
Publisher
Wiley‐Blackwell
Subject
basic pattern in humor ‐ playful enjoyment of cognitive shift expressed in laughter
/ Bavaria, fifteenth through eighteenth centuries ‐ Risus Paschalis (Easter Laughter)
/ From Lucy to “I Love Lucy”‐ evolution of humor
/ Greece, fifth century BCE ‐ behaviors giving rise to “komoidia” comedy
/ impersonating, mimicking, and pretending ‐ being central in comedy
/ Incongruous Labeling of Objects and Events
/ laughter of earliest humans ‐ evolving from primate play signals
/ laughter‐evoking play activities ‐ enjoyable, with nothing necessarily humorous
ISBN
9781405196123, 1405196122
