Humour as resistance: Deviance and pathology from a ludic perspective

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 285-296

  Cardeña, Ivette ^a   Littlewood, Roland ^a  

^a NONE

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BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMOR; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 33748505891     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470600863613     Document Type: Review

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