| Description |
1 online resource (211 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Humor, Psyche, and Society; PART ONE: THEORETICAL CONCERNS; 1. A Glossary of the Techniques of Humor: Morphology of the Joke-Tale; 2. Anatomy of a Joke; PART TWO: APPLICATIONS; 3. The Telephone Pole with the Braided Armpits: Ethnic and Racial Jokes and American Society; 4. ""On Me You Can't Count"": An Interpretation of a Jewish Joke with Relevance to the Jewish Question; 5. Jewish Fools: From the Wise Men of Chelm to Jackie Mason; 6. Mickey Mouse and Krazy Kat: Of Mice and Men |
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7. Comics and Popular Culture: Not Just Kid's Stuff8. Mark Russell in Buffalo; 9. A Cool Million; 10. Twelfth Night: Comedic Techniques and Social Considerations; 11. Huckleberry Finn as a Novel of the Absurd: Making Sense of an Existential Hero; 12 Healing with Humor: A Laugh a Day Keeps the Doctor Away; 13. Comedy and Creation: On the Generative Power of Humor; Bibliography; Names Index; Subject Index; Jokes and Humorous Texts Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
History and criticism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Berger, Arthur
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| ISBN |
9781351531979 |
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1351531972 |
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