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For more than one hundred twenty-five years virtually every history book in print has contended that no white man survived the Battle of the Little Big Horn

Laughter and Ridicule Theresa Breslin their progress in developing attitudesThis delightful book tackles the prevailing assumption that laughter and humour are inherently good. In developing a critique of humour the author proposes a social theory that places humour in the form of ridicule as central to social life. Billig argues that all cultures use ridicule as a disciplinary means to uphold norms of conduct and conventions of meaning. Historically, theories of humour reflect wider visions of politics, morality and