TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wickberg,Daniel
TI  - The Senses of Humor: Self and Laughter in Modern America
SN  - 9780801454387
AV  - PS438 
U1  - 817/.509 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - American wit and humor -- History and criticism
KW  - Laughter -- Social aspects -- United States
KW  - Self in literature
KW  - United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Idea of Humor -- 2. Humor, Laughter, and Sensibility -- 3. Bureaucratic Individualism and the Sense of Humor -- 4. The Commodity Form of the Joke -- 5. The Humorous and the Serious -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
N2  - Daniel Wickberg traces the cultural history of the concept from its British origins as a way to explore new conceptions of the self and social order in modern America
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ER  -