The Untold Help of Harmful Visual Jokes: No Funny Business

by Mary Gregg

This book argues that when visual jokes are harmful, they harm in a specific way: a subject's personhood is revoked in a way that differs both in kind and degree depending on whether that person is depicted or described. Such revocation can occur in every role and any stage within the joke's context, from character to audience member, from moment of depiction to uncritical exposure. Unlike a mere unhumorous insult, which doesn't require the sympathy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031399803
• ISBN13: 9783031399800
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"