Browsing University of Central Oklahoma by Author "Yeager, Maranda"
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Deconstructing American laughter: the power of carnivalesque humor to empower the voices of the oppressed
Yeager, Maranda (2024)Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of the carnivalesque, as seen in his book Rabelais and His Word, highlights how laughter has the power to break through the restrictions and fear within oppressive, official cultures, giving power ...