| Humour in Dutch Culture of the Golden Age 2001 Edition Contributor(s): Dekker, R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333746740 ISBN-13: 9780333746745 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art - Social Science | Popular Culture - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 700.417 |
| LCCN: 00066587 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" (0.94 lbs) 187 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The humorous side of Dutch culture of the seventeenth century is obscured by a change that took place around 1670. Religious treatises and books of manners warning against laughter contributed to a new image, that of the humourless, Calvinist Dutch. Mainly based on a manuscript with some two thousand jokes, the lost laughter of the Golden Age is reconstructed and analyzed. Most jokes are crude and obscene, and they throw new light on attitudes towards sexuality, religion and other aspects of life. |