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"The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious explains how jokes provide immense pleasure by releasing us from our inhibitions and allowing us to express sexual, aggressive, playful, or cynical instincts that would otherwise remain hidden. In elaborating this theory, Freud brings together a rich collection of puns, witticisms, one-liners, and anecdotes, many of which throw a vivid light on the society of early twentieth-century Vienna. Jokes, as Freud...
6) Calypso
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When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, David Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And life at the Sea Section, as he names the vacation home, is exactly as idyllic as he imagined, except for one tiny, vexing realization: it's impossible to take a vacation from yourself. Sedaris sets his powers of observation toward middle age and mortality, that vertiginous...
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This book is designed for the reader who is interested in cartoon communication. Chapter 1 looks at the way the cartoon has been studied in the past. Chapter 2 articulates a communication model which spotlights the cartoon in its larger social framework. Chapter 3 looks more closely at the "cartoon code" itself - how the cartoonist is able to get the desired effect. Chapter 4 steps back to look at the various branches of cartooning, first in their...
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