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The Senses of Humor : Self and Laughter in Modern America.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1998Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (280 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801454387
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Senses of HumorDDC classification:
  • 817/.509
LOC classification:
  • PS438
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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.

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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