Davies, Christie. <br/><br/>
Jokes and Their Relations to Society. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (244 pages) 
 - Humor Research [HR] Series ;  v.4 .
 - Humor Research [HR] Series .
<br/><br/>Intro -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Fooltowns: Traditional and modern. Local, regional and ethnic jokes about stupidity -- Chapter 3. From the Milesians to the Milesians: The Irish-Pontian joke, its history and its absence in China and Japan -- Chapter 4. The Protestant ethic and the comic spirit of capitalism -- Chapter 5. Stupidity and rationality: Jokes from the iron cage -- Chapter 6. Humour for the future and a future for humour -- Chapter 7. Ethnic jokes about alcohol: A study of the humour of ambivalence -- Chapter 8. "Nasty" legends, "sick" humour and ethnic jokes about stupidity -- Chapter 9. Making fun of work: Humour as sociology in the humorous writings of H. G. Wells -- Chapter 10: Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783110806144 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social movements.<br/>Wit and humor -- Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN6149.S62.D37 1998