1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790810903321

Autore

Davies Christie

Titolo

Jokes and their relation to society / / by Christie Davies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1998

ISBN

3-11-080614-2

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Collana

Humor Research [HR] ; ; 4

Humor research ; ; 4

Classificazione

EC 3980

Disciplina

306.4/81

Soggetti

Social movements

Wit and humor - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-228) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 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



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910140227303321

Autore

Monnet Jérôme

Titolo

Usos e imágenes del Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Centro de estudios mexicanos y centroamericanos, 1995

[Place of publication not identified], : Centro de estudios mexicanos y centroamericanos Departamento del Distrito Federal, 1995

ISBN

2-8218-4615-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (372 pages)

Collana

Hors collection

Disciplina

972/.53

Soggetti

Regions & Countries - Americas

History & Archaeology

Mexico

Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México (Mexico City, Mexico)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Adaptación de una tesis de doctorado. El autor define el centro histórico, delimita su espacio y describe su esencia como individuo geográfico. Da cuenta de su desarrollo como espacio central, en el que se reúnen los testimonios arquitectónicos de seis siglos de historia colonial.