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This book explores closely related aspects of the historical study of humour. It challenges much that has been taken for
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Anthropological writings on humor are not very numerous or extensive, but they do contain a great deal of insight into t
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Humour can be used as a »weapon« or as a means of coping with problematic historical events, especially in times of war
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