Satire, comedy and mental health : coping with the limits of critique

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 dem...

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Main Author Declercq, Dieter (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021.
SeriesEmerald points.
Subjects
Mental health.
Satire > Therapeutic use.
Comedy > Social aspects.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781839096686
9781839096662
DOI10.1108/9781839096662
Physical Description1 online resource (160 pages).

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Table of 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.

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