Title You might as well laugh, mate : Australian humour in hard times / Keith Willey

Published South Melbourne : Macmillan, 1984

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	994 Wil		AVAILABLE

Description xii, 145 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm regular print Contents Includes index Summary Uses humour as a window on Australian society; examines the effect of landscape and environment on European Australians and aborigines; mateship, war and depression, and the social apartheid of men and women Analysis Australia - economic & social conditions Australia - humour Australia. Society. Humour, to date Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-141) and index Subject Australian wit and humor -- History and criticism. Australian wit and humor -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Australian wit and humor. Authors, Australian -- Australia -- Darling Downs (Qld.) National characteristics, Australian. SUBJECT Australia -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476 Australia -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 Australia -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476 LC no. 85115276 ISBN 033338086X

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