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Good Humor, Bad Taste : A Sociology of the Joke.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Humor Research [HR] SeriesPublisher: Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, Inc., 2006Copyright date: ©2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (312 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783110898996
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Good Humor, Bad TasteDDC classification:
  • 306.4/81
LOC classification:
  • PT5346 -- .K8513 2006eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Jokes, humor, and taste -- Part I. Style and social background -- Chapter 2. The joke: Genesis of an oral genre -- Chapter 3. Joke telling as communication style -- Chapter 4. The humor divide: Class, age, and humor styles -- Chapter 5. The logic of humor styles -- Part II. Taste and quality -- Chapter 6. The repertoire: Dutch joke culture -- Chapter 7. Temptation and transgression -- Chapter 8. Sense and sociability -- Part III. Comparing humor styles -- Chapter 9. National humor styles: Joke telling and social background in the United States -- Chapter 10. Conclusion: Sociology and the joke -- Appendix 1 : The jokes used in the Dutch survey -- Appendix 2: Dutch humorists and television programs -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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Intro -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Jokes, humor, and taste -- Part I. Style and social background -- Chapter 2. The joke: Genesis of an oral genre -- Chapter 3. Joke telling as communication style -- Chapter 4. The humor divide: Class, age, and humor styles -- Chapter 5. The logic of humor styles -- Part II. Taste and quality -- Chapter 6. The repertoire: Dutch joke culture -- Chapter 7. Temptation and transgression -- Chapter 8. Sense and sociability -- Part III. Comparing humor styles -- Chapter 9. National humor styles: Joke telling and social background in the United States -- Chapter 10. Conclusion: Sociology and the joke -- Appendix 1 : The jokes used in the Dutch survey -- Appendix 2: Dutch humorists and television programs -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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