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050 00 $aBF575.L3$bB38 2014
082 00 $a152.4/30937$223
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100 1 $aBeard, Mary,$d1955-,$eauthor.
245 10 $aLaughter in Ancient Rome :$bOn Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up /$cMary Beard.
264 1 $aBerkeley :$bUniversity of California Press,$c[2014]
300 $ax, 319 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aSather classical lectures ;$vvolume seventy-one
490 1 $aThe Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literauture
520 $a"What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? Or was it a carefully regulated culture in which the uncontrollable excess of laughter was a force to fear-a world of wit, irony, and knowing smiles? How did Romans make sense of laughter? What role did it play in the world of the law courts, the imperial palace, or the spectacles of the arena? Laughter in Ancient Rome explores one of the most intriguing, but also trickiest, of historical subjects. Drawing on a wide range of Roman writing-from essays on rhetoric to a surviving Roman joke book-Mary Beard tracks down the giggles, smirks, and guffaws of the ancient Romans themselves. From ancient 'monkey business' to the role of a chuckle in a culture of tyranny, she explores Roman humor from the hilarious, to the momentous, to the surprising. But she also reflects on even bigger historical questions. What kind of history of laughter can we possibly tell? Can we ever really 'get' the Romans' jokes?"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroducing Roman laughter : Dio's "giggle" and Gnatho's two laughs -- Questions of laughter, ancient and modern -- The history of laughter -- Roman laughter in Latin and Greek -- The orator -- From emperor to jester -- Between human and animal, especially monkeys and asses.
650 0 $aLaughter$zRome$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aLatin wit and humor$xHistory and criticism.
651 0 $aRome$xSocial life and customs.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Ancient / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.$2bisacsh
830 0 $aSather classical lectures ;$vv. 71.
830 0 $aJoan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
852 00 $bglx$hBF575.L3$iB38 2014