LEADER 02775nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910811771803321 005 20240418054738.0 010 $a0-299-29203-7 035 $a(CKB)3170000000060240 035 $a(EBL)3445345 035 $a(OCoLC)927484446 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000956606 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11599401 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000956606 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10965005 035 $a(PQKB)10721882 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3445345 035 $a(OCoLC)859778175 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25299 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3445345 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10729507 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL504329 035 $a(OCoLC)852160097 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000060240 100 $a20120829d2013 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe last laugh$b[electronic resource] $efolk humor, celebrity culture, and mass-mediated disasters in the digital age /$fTrevor J. Blank 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMadison $cUniversity of Wisconsin Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (188 p.) 225 0$aFolklore studies in a multicultural world 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-299-29204-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""Chapter 5. From Sports Hero to Supervillain Or, How Tiger Woods Wrecked His Car(eer) """"Chapter 6. Dethroning the King of Pop: Michael Jackson And The Humor Of Death""; ""Chapter 7. Laughing to Death: Tradition, Vernacular Expression and American Culture In The Digital Age ""; ""Afterword ""; ""Glossary ""; ""Notes""; ""References ""; ""Index"" 410 0$aFolklore studies in a multicultural world. 606 $aFolklore and the Internet 606 $aFolklore 615 0$aFolklore and the Internet. 615 0$aFolklore. 676 $a398/.36 700 $aBlank$b Trevor J$0801351 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811771803321 996 $aThe last laugh$93963883 997 $aUNINA