Ribaldry is a third, and somewhat neglected, genre of sexual entertainment. Somewhat different from either pornography or erotica, it is often confused with them. It could also be referred to as bawdiness or bawdry. Porn redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Unlike either pornography or erotica, which play sexual intercourse or sexual fetishes "straight", ribaldry aims at humor. Sexual situations and titillation are presented in ribald material more for the purpose of poking fun at the foibles and weaknesses that manifest themselves in human sexuality, rather than to present sexual stimulation either simply or artistically. Also, ribaldry may use sex as a metaphor to illustrate some non-sexual concern, in which case ribaldry may verge on the territory of satire. It has been suggested that Duration of sexual intercourse be merged into this article or section. ... Sexual fetishism, first described as such by Sigmund Freud though the concept and certainly the activity is quite ancient, is a form of paraphilia where the object of affection is a specific inanimate object or part of a persons body. ... Look up Humour in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about human sexual perceptions. ... This article is about metaphor in literature and rhetoric. ... 1867 edition of Punch, a ground-breaking British magazine of popular humour, including a good deal of satire of the contemporary social and political scene. ...

Like any humour, ribaldry may be read as conventional or subversive. Ribaldry typically depends on a shared background of sexual conventions and values, and its comedy generally depends on seeing those conventions broken. Depending on their attitude, viewers can perceive this either as poking fun on the poor souls who suffer the consequences of breaking the taboos, or as flouting the taboos themselves. This article is about the computer software framework. ... A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ... This article is about cultural prohibitions in general, for other uses, see Taboo (disambiguation). ...

The ritual taboo-breaking that is a usual counterpart of ribaldry underlies its controversial nature and explains why ribaldry is frequently a subject of censorship. Ribaldry, whose usual aim is not "merely" to be sexually stimulating, often does address larger concerns than mere sexual appetite. However, being presented in the form of comedy, these larger concerns seem to censors to be un-serious. Moreover, the presence of satirical content in ribaldry tends to arouse the wrath of authorities, who may overlook more explicit sexual entertainments in order to prosecute comedians whom they perceive as attacking conventions they wish to maintain. For other uses, see Censor. ...

Examples

An example of an ongoing (approx. 400 years) tension between censorship and ribaldry can be seen in the continuing story of the De Brevitate Vitae, a ribald song which, in many European and UK-influenced universities, is both a student beer-drinking song and an anthem sung by official university choirs at public graduation ceremonies. The private and public versions of the song contain vastly different words. De Brevitate Vitae is a song in Latin that is a popular academic commercium song in many European countries. ...

Ribaldry has likely been around for the whole history of the human race, and is present to some degree in every culture. Works like Aristophanes' Lysistrata, the Menaechmi by Plautus, the Cena Trimalchionis by Petronius, and the Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass of Apuleius are ribald classics from ancient Europe. Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Miller's Tale" from his Canterbury Tales is a classic medieval example. François Rabelais showed himself to be a master of ribaldry (technically called grotesque body) in his Gargantua. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne and The Lady's Dressing Room by Jonathan Swift. Mark Twain's long-suppressed 1601 certainly falls in this category. Sketch of Aristophanes Aristophanes (Greek: , ca. ... Lysistrata (Attic Greek: Λυσιστράτη Lysistratê, Doric Greek: Λυσιστράτα Lysistrata), loosely translated to she who disbands armies, is an anti-war Greek comedy, written in 411 BC by Aristophanes. ... Menaechmi, a Latin-language play, is considered by many as Plautus greatest play. ... Titus Macchius Plautus, generally referred to simply as Plautus, was a playwright of Ancient Rome. ... Satyricon (or Satyrica) is a Latin novel, believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius, though the manuscript text of the Satyricon calls him Titus Petronius. ... This article is about the Roman author Petronius. ... The Metamorphoses of Lucius Apuleius, which according to St. ... Lucius Apuleius (c. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Chaucer redirects here. ... This article is about the second of Chaucers Canterbury Tales. ... Canterbury Tales Woodcut 1484 The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the rest in verse). ... François Rabelais François Rabelais (c. ... The grotesque body is a concept (a literary trope) ideated by Russian literary critic Mikhail Bakhtin in his study of Francois Rabelais work. ... Gargantua and Pantagruel is a connected series of five books written in the 16th century by François Rabelais. ... The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (or, more briefly, Tristram Shandy) is a novel by Laurence Sterne. ... Laurence Sterne Laurence Sterne (November 24, 1713 – March 18, 1768) was an Irish-born English novelist and an Anglican clergyman. ... Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (November 30, 1667 – October 19, 1745) was an Irish cleric, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for Whigs then for Tories), and poet, famous for works like Gullivers Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, The Drapiers Letters, The Battle of the Books, and... Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),[1] better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer. ... [Date: 1601. ...

More recent works like Candy, Barbarella, L'Infermiera, the comedic works of Russ Meyer, and Little Annie Fanny are probably better classified as ribaldry than as either pornography or erotica. Candy is a 1958 novel written by Maxwell Kenton (pseudonym of Terry Southern) in collaboration with Mason Hoffenberg published by Olympia Press. ... Barbarella, also known as Barbarella, Queen of the Galaxy is a 1968 erotic science fiction film, based on the French Barbarella comic book created by Jean-Claude Forest. ... LInfermiera is a 1975 film starring Ursula Andress, Jack Palance and Luciana Paluzzi, also known by the titles I Will If You Will, The Nurse, The Sensuous Nurse and The Secrets of a Sensuous Nurse. ... For the baseball player, see Russ Meyer (baseball player). ... Little Annie Fanny is a long running comic strip created by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder for Playboy that parodied the comic strip, Little Orphan Annie. ...

See also

• Grotesque body
• Ruth Wallis
• Party Schools

The word ribald was originally a noun and referred to a military unit found in French and Italian armies in the Middle Ages. Ribalds, led by their "king", were vagrants or other lower-class members of society, who fought with little or no clothing, and whose main objective seems to have been to expose themselves to the enemy in order to disgust or shame them. They were usually massacred by the enemy, but they were considered an expendable unit, to be used before the real battle began. They were also in charge of any prostitutesfollowing an army, and were responsible for pillaging enemy camps. By the 16th century, the more familiar definition of "ribald" had developed, to the dismay of those who remembered them as a respected military unit. The grotesque body is a concept (a literary trope) ideated by Russian literary critic Mikhail Bakhtin in his study of Francois Rabelais work. ... Ruth Wallis was a singer from Brooklyn, New York. ... In 2006 Playboy Magazine compiled a ranking of what they considered to be the top party schools in the United States and Canada. ...

Ribaldry is the third and somewhat neglected genre of sexual entertainments, something different from either pornographyor erotica, yet is often confused with them. It could also be referred to as bawdiness or bawdry.

Unlike either pornography or erotica, which play sexual intercourseor sexual fetishes"straight", ribaldry aims at humor. Sexual situations and titillation are presented in ribald material more for the purpose of poking fun at the foibles and weaknesses that manifest themselves in human sexuality, rather than to present sexual stimulation either simply or artistically. Also, ribaldry may use sex as a metaphorto illustrate some non-sexual concern, in which case ribaldry may verge on the territory of satire.

Like any humor, ribaldry may be read as conventional or subversive. It is clear that it functioned as an underpinning stratagem in the 1960's counterculture of both the American's and other counter cultural movements in Europe and elsewhere during that period. Ribaldry typically depends on a shared background of sexual conventions and values, and its comedygenerally depends on seeing those conventions broken. Depending on their attitude, viewers can perceive this either as poking fun on the poor souls who suffer the consequences of breaking the taboos, or as flouting the taboos themselves.Whichever, the effect is the same, as the breaking of barriers more than implies a change in the status quo.

The ritual taboo-breaking that is a usual counterpart of ribaldry underlies its controversial nature and explains why ribaldry is frequently a subject of censorship. Ribaldry, whose usual aim is not "merely" to be sexually stimulating, often does address larger concerns than mere sexual appetite. However, being presented in the form of comedy, these larger concerns seem to censors to be un-serious. Moreover, the presence of satirical content in ribaldry tends to arouse the wrath of authorities, who may overlook more explicit sexual entertainments in order to prosecute comedians whom they perceive as attacking conventions they wish to maintain. Some well known members of the American counter culture so attacked, have been satirist Paul Krassner as well as his early cohort, the late Lenny Bruce.This wrath of the authorities has continued up until today, now effecting even lesser known present day activist star's like the brawdy Canadian beauty, Watermelon Girl, the Comic and Weed Diva of Vancouver's Wreak Beach. As an example of ongoing (approx. 400 years) tension between censorship and ribaldry can be seen in the continuing story De Brevitate Vitae, a ribald song which, in many European and UK-influenced universities, is both a student beer-drinking song and an anthem sung by official university choirs at public graduation ceremonies. The private and public versions of the song contain vastly different words.Ribaldry has likely been around for the whole history of the human race, and is present to some degree in every culture. Works like Aristophanes' Lysistrata, the Menaechmi by Plautus, the Cena Trimalchionis by Petronius, and the Metamorphoses or The Golden Assof Apleiusare ribald classics from ancient Europe. Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Miller's Tale" from his Canterbury Tales is a classic medieval example. François Rabelaisshowed himself to be a master of ribaldry in his Gargantua. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterneand The Lady's Dressing Room by Jonathan Swift. Mark Twain's long-suppressed 1601 certainly falls in this category. More recent works like Candy by Terry Southern, films like Barbarella by Roger Vadim, Little Annie Fannyor the comedic works of Russ Meyerare probably better classified as ribaldry than as either pornography or erotica.

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