Between Art and Life: the Gargantuan World of Medieval Laughter

Call for Articles: Between Art and Life: the Gargantuan World of Medieval Laughter

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Vox medii aevi
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117638
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Moskau
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Russian Federation
From - Until
11.09.2020 -
Deadline
15.04.2021
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Vox medii aevi

For this special issue of Vox medii aevi, dedicated to medieval humour, comedy, and laughter, we invite original research addressing the subjects of the perception and appropriateness of laughter in the eyes of the church and lay authors and authorities; laughter as a form of mystical experience; ritualized laughter; laughter as a didactic weapon; and gendered experiences of laughter.

Call for Articles: Between Art and Life: the Gargantuan World of Medieval Laughter

Laughter has been a favourite topic for medievalists for many decades, yet the potential for new research remains great. Approaches have traditionally been framed through the work of Mikhail Bakhtin, whose ideas on carnival culture have long defined understandings of medieval comedy throughout the global scholarly community. Reflecting on the many ways that the study of humour has changed over the past decades, and on the multidisciplinary approaches that have driven these changes, in this issue we welcome new interpretations of medieval humour, comedy, and laughter. Considering sociological, anthropological, and literary perspectives, as well as historical work, views from visual studies, and research on the history of the emotions, we are interested in receiving papers that share original research on laughter, in the widest range of its manifestations throughout the Middle Ages.

Possible topics might include — but are not limited to:

>Perception and appropriateness of laughter in the eyes of the church and lay authors and authorities;
>Laughter as a form of mystical experience and as a religious act;
>Ritualized laughter;
>Laughter and other emotions’ expression in relation to human health;
>Depictions of laughter and humorous imagery in visual arts;
>Laughter as a didactic weapon;
>Laughter as an instrument of social control;
>Gendered experiences of laughter: constructing one’s identity.

We also welcome reviews of recently published books (in the past three years).

Manuscripts should be between 6,000 and 10,000 words (footnotes and bibliography included). The articles should be sent to voxmediiaevi@gmail.com

Timetable
Submission 15th April 2021
Publishing November 2021
Submission guidelines: http://voxmediiaevi.com/en/pravila-podachi/

Contact (announcement)

Dr. Svetlana Yatsyk - voxmediiaevi@gmail.com

http://voxmediiaevi.com/en/call-for-articles/cfa-laughter/
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