| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Emerald Points Ser |
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Emerald Points Ser
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| Contents |
Chapter 1. What is satire?; Chapter 2. Satire as therapy: curing a sick world?; Chapter 3. Satire as therapy revisited: coping with a sick world; Chapter 4. The solace of entertainment; Chapter 5. Comic irony and narrative coping |
| Summary |
Satire, Comedy and Mental Health examines how satire helps to sustain good mental health in a troubled socio-political world. Through an interdisciplinary dialogue that combines approaches from the analytic philosophy of art, medical and health humanities, media studies, and psychology, the book demonstrates how satire enables us to negotiate a healthy balance between care for others and care of self. Building on a thorough philosophical explication and close analysis of satire in various forms - including novels, music, TV, film, cartoons, memes, stand-up comedy and protest artefacts - Declercq investigates how we can harness satirical entertainment to ease the limits of critique. In so doing, the book presents a compelling case that, while satire cannot hope to cure our sick world, it can certainly help us to cope with it |
| Subject |
Mental health.
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Satire -- Therapeutic use
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Comedy -- Social aspects
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Mental Health
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Laughter Therapy
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mental health.
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Psychiatry.
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Health & Fitness/ Mental Health.
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Comedy -- Social aspects
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Mental health
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Satire
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781839096662 |
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1839096667 |
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9781839096686 |
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1839096683 |
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