Assimilation of holiday and celebratory laughter in space of daily occurrence: reasons, mechanisms, and consequences of the phenomenon

• Main Author: Olga Maltseva
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ukrainian Center for Cultural Studies 2013-08-01
• Series: Cхід
• Subjects: свято; "святковість"; карнавалізація; сміх; соціальні функції сміху; симулякризація сміху; постмодерн
• Online Access: http://skhid.kubg.edu.ua/article/view/16574
• ISSN: 1728-9343

The article evaluates historical changes in sociocultural senses and holiday functions, identifies mechanisms of laughter simulacrization and degenerative transformation of a holiday into "conviviality" in a postmodern situation.