Jokes and targets [[electronic resource] /] / Christie Davies |
Autore | Davies Christie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington [Ind.], : Indiana University Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
Disciplina | 152.4/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Wit and humor - Social aspects
Wit and humor - Psychological aspects Wit and humor - Political aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456836303321 |
Davies Christie | ||
Bloomington [Ind.], : Indiana University Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Jokes and targets [[electronic resource] /] / Christie Davies |
Autore | Davies Christie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington [Ind.], : Indiana University Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
Disciplina | 152.4/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Wit and humor - Social aspects
Wit and humor - Psychological aspects Wit and humor - Political aspects |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781501203321 |
Davies Christie | ||
Bloomington [Ind.], : Indiana University Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Jokes and their relation to society / / by Christie Davies |
Autore | Davies Christie |
Edizione | [Reprint 2012] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.4/81 |
Collana |
Humor Research [HR]
Humor research |
Soggetto topico |
Social movements
Wit and humor - Social aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 3-11-080614-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453559403321 |
Davies Christie | ||
Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1998 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Jokes and their relation to society / / by Christie Davies |
Autore | Davies Christie |
Edizione | [Reprint 2012] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.4/81 |
Collana |
Humor Research [HR]
Humor research |
Soggetto topico |
Social movements
Wit and humor - Social aspects |
ISBN | 3-11-080614-2 |
Classificazione | EC 3980 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790810903321 |
Davies Christie | ||
Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1998 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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