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Author Kuipers, Giselinde, author

Title Good humor, bad taste : a sociology of the joke / Giselinde Kuipers ; chapters 1 to 8 and 10 translated from the Dutch by Kate Simms
Published Boston, Massachusetts : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations
Series Mouton Textbook
Mouton textbook.
Contents Chapter 1. Introduction: Jokes, humor, and taste -- Part I: Style and social background; 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 -- Part II Taste and quality; Chapter 6. The repertoire: Dutch joke culture -- Chapter 7. Temptation and transgression -- Chapter 8. Sense and sociability -- Part III Comparing humor styles; 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Dutch wit and humor -- History and criticism
Wit and humor -- Social aspects
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Dutch wit and humor
Wit and humor -- Social aspects
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Simms, Kate, translator
ISBN 9781501510441
1501510444
9781501510892
1501510894
1614517207
9781614517207