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

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"The expression "sense of humor" was first coined in the 1840s, and the idea that such a sense was a personality trait to be valued developed only in the 1870s. What is the relationship between medieval humoral medicine and this distinctively modern idea of the sense of humor? What ha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wickberg, Daniel, 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Self in literature.
Manners and customs.
Laughter > Social aspects.
American wit and humor.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Humor.
HUMOR > General.
Moi (Psychologie) dans la litterature.
Rire > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Humour americain > Histoire et critique.
Laughter > Social aspects > United States.
American wit and humor > History and criticism.
United States.
États-Unis > Moeurs et coutumes > 20e siecle.
United States > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""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""

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