A Marxist Theory of Humour?

[Oswy]

I was just wondering if anyone is aware of any theoretical writing which addresses the use and content of humour and how it might fit into a broader theory; of class-conflict; the capitalist paradigm; hegemonic political discourses and so on.

[Oswy]

Nothing? I can't help feeling that somewhere in amongst Gramsci's hegemony and Bourdieu's symbolic violence there's a way to undertsand humour within a Marxian framework. Maybe it's just me that thinks this is an interesting area for the application of theory?

[Dragonsign]

maybe you could write one, the first marxist Theory about Humour!

[Pogue]

What has Marx got to do with humour? Why would you ever analyse humour from a marxist viewpoint? Sounds mental.

[INDK]

I don't really understand the idea either. Clarification, perhaps?