Sudden Glory
Subtitle: laughter as subversive history
By: Barry Sanders.
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
Description: A history of laughter through eight phases of civilization. The book examines what people laughed at through the ages, what the Church's attitude was, and when the first joke appeared. Sanders queries its uses and shows evidence of its power to give voiceto the voiceless.