Anatomy of Laughter

The nature of laughter

The nature of laughter has recently attracted the attention of a number of different disciplines. In two recent colloquia, TRIO (Translation Research in Oxford) brought together international authorities from fields as diverse as physiology, psychology, linguistics, translation and literary studies, and sociology, with scant regard for political correctness. This fascinating and often hilarious collection of essays is the result.

Contributions

With the contributions: Jane Taylor - Introduction

Dominique Bertrand - Anatomie et etymologie: ordre et desordre du rire selon Laurent Joubert

Silke Kipper, Dietmar Todt - The Sound of Laughter: Recent Concepts and Findings in Research into Laughter Vocalizations

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore - Why Can't You Tickle Yourself?

Michael Holland - Belly Laughs

Walter Redfern - Upping the Ante/i: Exaggeration in Celine and Valles

Giselinde Kuipers - Humour Styles and Class Cultures: Highbrow Humour and Lowbrow Humour in the Netherlands

Christie Davies - Searching for Jokes: Language, Translation, and the Cross-Cultural Comparison of Humour

Ted Cohen - And What If They Don’t Laugh?

Iain Galbraith - Without the Rape the Talk-Show Would Not Be Laughable

Jean-Michel Deprats - Translating a Great Feast of Languages

Paul J. Memmi - Traduire le rire

Natacha Thiery - Rire et desir dans les comedies americaines de Lubitsch: l'exemple de Ninotchka (1939)

Adam Phillips - What's So Funny? On Being Laughed at ...

Sukanta Chaudhuri - Laughing and Talking

Georges Roque - Le Rire comme accident en peinture

Laurent Bazin - La Couleur du rire: peinture et traduction

Gerard Toulouse - Views on the Physics and Metaphysics of Laughter