Jokes and targets [[electronic resource] /] / Christie Davies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456836303321
• Autore: Davies Christie
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bloomington [Ind.], : Indiana University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Disciplina: 152.4/3
• Soggetti: Wit and humor - Social aspects; Wit and humor - Psychological aspects; Wit and humor - Political aspects; Electronic books.
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : why study jokes and targets? -- Mind over matter: a general theory of jokes about the stupid and the canny -- Blondes, sex, and the French -- Jewish women and Jewish men -- Sex between men : places, occupations, and classes -- The great American lawyer joke cycle -- The rise of the Soviet joke and the fall of the Soviet Union -- Conclusion.