Introduction to the special issue: humor, trauma and healing

Abstract This paper summarizes the scope and content of the present Special Issue that has been conceived to explore humor as a resource for coping with trauma and adversity. Bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives, it explores how verbal and performative humor facilitates emotional regulation, resilience, and social bonding across contexts such as illness, oppression, and marginalization. Emphasis is placed on the double-edged nature of humor as both a subversive and healing practice.