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Good humor, bad taste : a sociology of the joke /

"Good Humor, Bad Taste is the first extensive sociological study of the relationship between humor and social background. Using a combination of interview materials, survey data, and historical materials, the book explores the relationship between humor and gender, age, social class, and nation...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kuipers, Giselinde, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Dutch
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2006.
Colección:Humor research ; 7.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. 1. Introduction : jokes, humor, and taste
  • Ch. 2. The joke : genesis of an oral genre
  • Ch. 3. Joke telling as communication style
  • Ch. 4. The humor divide : class, age, and humor styles
  • Ch. 5. The logic of humor styles
  • Ch. 6. The repertoire : Dutch joke culture
  • Ch. 7. Temptation and transgression
  • Ch. 8. Sense and sociability
  • Ch. 9. National humor styles : joke telling and social background in the United States
  • Ch. 10. Conclusion : sociology and the joke
  • App. 1. The jokes used in the Dutch survey
  • App. 2. Dutch humorists and television programs.