# Laughter

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- Book: [Laughter](https://www.bookquiver.com/anca-parvulescu/laughter) ([Laughter.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/anca-parvulescu/laughter.md))
- Authors: [Anca Parvulescu](https://www.bookquiver.com/anca-parvulescu)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6251-474-3
- Pages: 226
- Published: 2010-08-27
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Uncovering an archive of laughter, from the forbidden giggle to the explosive guffaw. Most of our theories of laughter are not concerned with laughter. Rather, their focus is the laughable object, whether...