Maria Grazia Turri, Bridget Escolme

Gebundenes Buch

Laughter, Power, and the Unconscious

Researching Emotional Responses in a Contemporary Audience Spectating Early Modern Comedy at Shakespeare's Globe

Beschreibung

Laughter, Power, and the Unconscious presents groundbreaking research on humor's psychological and sociopolitical aspects. Based on Shakespeare's Globe experiments, it proposes humor as "manic defence," challenging Freudian theory while examining Renaissance comedy and exploring how humor both subverts and reinforces power structures.

Autor

Maria Grazia Turri is Senior Lecturer in Creative Arts and Mental Health at Queen Mary University of London, UK. She is a former psychiatrist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist. Bridget Escolme is Professor of Theatre and Performance at Queen Mary University of London. She is co-convenor of Queen Mary's MSc Creative Arts and Mental Health.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780367633172
• ISBN-10: 0367633175
• Artikelnr.: 74441696