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Autore |
Blank Trevor J |
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The last laugh [[electronic resource] ] : folk humor, celebrity culture, and mass-mediated disasters in the digital age / / Trevor J. Blank |
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Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2013 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (188 p.) |
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Collana |
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Folklore studies in a multicultural world |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Folklore and the Internet |
Folklore |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Cyberspace, Technology, and Mass Media in the Twenty-First Century""; ""Chapter 1. Searching for Connections: How And Why We Use New Media For Vernacular Expression ""; ""Chapter 2. Changing Technologies, Changing Tastes: The Evolution Of Humor And Mass-Mediated Disasters In The Late Twentieth Century ""; ""Chapter 3. From 9/11 To The Death Of Bin Laden: Vernacular Expression And The Emergence Of Web 2.0""; ""Chapter 4. ""Intimate Strangers"" The Folk Response To Celebrity Death And Falls From Grace"" |
""Chapter 5. From Sports Hero to Supervillain Or, How Tiger Woods Wrecked His Car(eer) """"Chapter 6. Dethroning the King of Pop: Michael Jackson And The Humor Of Death""; ""Chapter 7. Laughing to Death: Tradition, Vernacular Expression and American Culture In The Digital Age ""; ""Afterword ""; ""Glossary ""; ""Notes""; ""References ""; ""Index"" |
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