Laughter as Immanent Life-Affirmation: Reconsidering the educational value of laughter through a Bakhtinian lens
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The social life of laughter.
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عنوان ژورنال: Educational Philosophy and Theory
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0013-1857,1469-5812
DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2012.721733