02741nam 22006491 450 991045355940332120200520144314.03-11-080614-210.1515/9783110806144(CKB)2550000001178403(OCoLC)868974006(CaPaEBR)ebrary10789591(SSID)ssj0000849349(PQKBManifestationID)11459341(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000849349(PQKBWorkID)10811719(PQKB)10079134(MiAaPQ)EBC3044559(DE-B1597)42420(OCoLC)979591087(DE-B1597)9783110806144(Au-PeEL)EBL3044559(CaPaEBR)ebr10789591(CaONFJC)MIL558591(OCoLC)922947847(EXLCZ)99255000000117840319980619d1998 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrJokes and their relation to society /by Christie DaviesReprint 2012Berlin ;New York :Mouton de Gruyter,1998.1 online resource (244 p.) Humor Research [HR] ;4Humor research ;4Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph3-11-016104-4 1-306-27340-4 Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-228) and index.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 -- IndexSocial movementsWit and humorSocial aspectsElectronic books.Social movements.Wit and humorSocial aspects.306.4/81Davies Christie532644MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453559403321Jokes and their relation to society902050UNINA