Titlebook: Beyond a Joke; The Limits of Humour Sharon Lockyer (Lecturer in Media Studies),Michael Book 2005 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmilla

Amenable

Parody and Decorum: Permission to Mock,ah. The biblical reference is obvious, and the story contains clear allusions to events recorded in the Testaments, such as the Sermon on the Mount, as well as the Crucifixion itself. On its release the film was accused of blasphemous parody by Christian and Jewish organisations; in the UK, various

Glucose

政府

擁護者

Privacy, Embarrassment and Social Power: British Sitcom,y in sight. He positions himself at the corner of the building and raises one arm and one leg. His reflection in the glass looks out at us — a mild-looking chap in spectacles apparently floating like a starfish in mid-air. He titters, and walks on.

山崩

膠狀

Hiatal-Hernia

得罪人

Comedies of Sexual Morality and Female Singlehood,ched’, working in a masculine profession, non-marital sex, lone parenthood and cohabitation are delved into from the perspective of heterosexual urban women in their thirties and forties. Focusing on the independence and sexuality of the single woman, these comedies are morality plays structured by a comedic engagement with gendered identity.

Initiative

meretricious

tolerance, misunderstanding or even hatred. This book brings together, for the first time, contributions that consider the ethics as well as the aesthetics of humour. The book focuses on the abuses and limits of humour, some of which excite considerable social tension and controversy. Beyond a Joke