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Looking at Laughter: Humor, Power, and Transgression in Roman Visual Culture, 100 B.C.- A.D. 250
Looking at Laughter Humor Power and Transgression in Roman Visual Culture 100 BC AD 250
Author: John R. Clarke
In this fresh, accessible, and beautifully illustrated book, his third to examine an aspect of Roman visual culture, John R. Clarke explores the question, "What made Romans laugh?" Looking at Laughter examines a heterogeneous corpus of visual material, from the crudely obscene to the exquisitely sophisticated and from the playful to the d...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520237339
ISBN-10: 0520237331
Publication Date: 11/17/2007
Pages: 336
Edition: 1
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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