Clowns and Jokers Can Heal Us Comedy and Medicine
From the cover. Why do we tell jokes about dcotors and hospitals? Why do patients often initiate humor with healthcare workers? Howard Carter presents and analyzes humor inside and outside of the hospital. He argues that rituals of comedy affirm our humanity, aid healing, and should be routinely par...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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San Francisco, CA :
University of California Medical Humanities Consortium
2011.
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| Series: | Perspectives in medical humanities.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009845038706719 |
| Summary: | From the cover. Why do we tell jokes about dcotors and hospitals? Why do patients often initiate humor with healthcare workers? Howard Carter presents and analyzes humor inside and outside of the hospital. He argues that rituals of comedy affirm our humanity, aid healing, and should be routinely part of medical care. Carter discusses a wide range of comedy: the work of a hospital clown, ER humor that ranges from the playful to the harsh, humor that breaks taboo, humorous uses of imagery, character, and story, Freudian attacks, and jokes about sex, aging, and deathl. Humor, he finds, helps us deal with difficult subjects, creates social bonds, and affirms positive values. Because humor frees our imaginations and gives us pleasure, it provides a humane context for maintaining health when we are well and for healing when we are sick. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 pages): illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-244) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780983463917 |
| Access: | Open Access |
