Laughter Out of Place CH. 1

1. Brazil: Prides itself on warless victories!

2. Felicidade Eterna (favelas)

3. Brazil: Beach scene vs Poverty ridden neighborhoods, a struggle between classes.

4. Laughter in death

5. Humor entails a loss of innocence. There are often embedded elusive meanings.

6. Humor can function as a weapon of the weak, to disorganize aggressive impulses against the powerful.

7. "Laughterof the group" (black humor), a discourse created by the poor, and used against the wealthier class.

8. Gloria: mae preta

9. Brazillian History:

10. Immigration from Italy, Portugal, and Spain