The conception of laughter in the XVIth century

Trans/Form/Ação 21 (1):11-19 (1999)
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In this article it is maintained that laughter has raised, at least in the Western World, since biblical times, both caution in social interaction and prestige as a therapeutical tool. In the XVIth century, in particular, the search for the nature of the laughable was promoted side by side with the recommendation that people should laugh in moderation out of urbanity and for physiological reasons.Este artigo considera que o riso desperta, pelo menos no mundo ocidental, um misto de cautela no trato social e prestígio de ordem terapêutica desde os tempos bíblicos. No século XVI, em particular, afora buscar-se conhecer a natureza do risível, amiúde recomendava-se rir com moderação por motivos não só de urbanidade, como também de fisiologia

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