Sudden Glory: Laughter as Subversive History

By Barry Sanders

Book Overview

In this wonderful exploration of the meaning of laughter, Barry Sanders queries its uses from the ancient Hebrews to Lenny Bruce, turning up evidence of its age-old power to subvert authority and give voice to the voiceless.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807062057
• ISBN13: 9780807062050
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

wonderful

This book truly works at the essence of what it means to be human, the idea the sentience can be seen as the ability to laugh may seem at times to be a stretch it is argued in such a effortless care-free manner that one is drawn to share the authors conclusions.Not light reading but well worth the time and effort.