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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822573603321

Titolo

Bulletin of WHO . Vol. 92 No. 08 2014. / / by World Health Organization

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : World Health Organization, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

92-4-069240-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (80 p.)

Disciplina

615.105

Soggetti

Public health

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION -  August 2014 ""; ""BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION -  August 2014 ""; ""MASTHEAD""; ""MASTHEAD""; ""In this monthâ€?s Bulletin""; ""In this month?s Bulletin""; ""Editorials""; ""Editorials""; ""The 2014 WHO conference on health and climate""; ""The 2014 WHO conference on health and climate""; ""Recycling fuel subsidies as health subsidies""; ""Recycling fuel subsidies as health subsidies""; ""Family planning and the post-2015 development agenda""; ""Family planning and the post-2015 development agenda""; ""News""; ""News""

""Public health round-up""""Public health round-up""; ""Reframing climate change as a health issue""; ""Reframing climate change as a health issue""; ""Bringing air pollution into the climate change equation""; ""Bringing air pollution into the climate change equation""; ""Research""; ""Research""; ""Physical growth of children and adolescents in China over the past 35 years""; ""Physical growth of children and adolescents in China over the past 35 years""; ""Arsenic exposure in drinking water: an unrecognized health threatin Peru""

""Arsenic exposure in drinking water: an unrecognized health threatin Peru""""Cross-sectional studies of tuberculosis prevalence in Cambodia between 2002 and 2011""; ""Cross-sectional studies of tuberculosis prevalence in Cambodia between 2002 and 2011""; ""Universal combination antiretroviral regimens to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in rural Zambia: a two-round cross-sectional study""; ""Universal combination antiretroviral regimens to prevent



mother-to-child transmission of HIV in rural Zambia: a two-round cross-sectional study""

""Varicella and herpes zoster hospitalizations before and after implementation of one-dose varicella vaccination in Australia:an ecological study""""Varicella and herpes zoster hospitalizations before and after implementation of one-dose varicella vaccination in Australia:an ecological study""; ""A prospective study of maternal, fetal and neonatal deaths in low- and middle-income countries""; ""A prospective study of maternal, fetal and neonatal deaths in low- and middle-income countries""; ""Lessons from the field""; ""Lessons from the field""

""Operational lessons drawn from pilot implementation of Xpert MTB/Rif in Brazil""""Operational lessons drawn from pilot implementation of Xpert MTB/Rif in Brazil""; ""Perspectives""; ""Perspectives""; ""The men�s health gap: men must be included in the global health equity agenda""; ""The men?s health gap: men must be included in the global health equity agenda""; ""JUST PUBLISHED!""; ""JUST PUBLISHED!""; ""Back cover""; ""Back cover""

Sommario/riassunto

The Bulletin of the World Health Organization is an international journal of public health with a special focus on developing countries. Since it was first published in 1948 the Bulletin has become one of the world's leading public health journals. As the flagship periodical of the World Health Organization (WHO) the Bulletin draws on WHO experts as editorial advisers reviewers and authors as well as on external collaborators. In this month's issue: Making history: from a public health emergency to a polio-free world; Accelerating progress on women's and children's health; Use of text messages



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808018603321

Autore

Kuipers Giselinde

Titolo

Good humor, bad taste : a sociology of the joke / / Giselinde Kuipers ; chapters 1 to 8 and 10 translated from the Dutch by Kate Simms

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, Massachusetts : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-5015-1044-4

1-5015-1089-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Collana

Mouton Textbook

Disciplina

306.4/81

Soggetti

Dutch wit and humor - History and criticism

Wit and humor - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface to the new edition -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Jokes, humor, and taste -- Chapter 2. The joke: Genesis of an oral genre -- Chapter 3. Joke telling as communication style -- Chapter 4. The humor divide: Class, age and humor styles -- Chapter 5. The logic of humor styles -- Chapter 6. The repertoire: Dutch joke culture -- Chapter 6. The repertoire: Dutch joke culture -- Chapter 8. Sense and sociability -- Chapter 9. National humor styles: Humor styles, joke telling and social background in the United States -- Chapter 10. Sociology and the joke -- Appendix 1. The jokes used in the Dutch survey -- Appendix 2. Dutch humorists and television programs -- References -- Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This is an updated edition of Good Humor, Bad Taste: A Sociology of the Joke, published in 2006. Using a combination of interview materials, survey data, and historical materials, it explores the relationship between humor and gender, age, social class, and national differences in the Netherlands and the United States. This edition includes new developments and research findings in the field of humor studies.