Humor and laughter: an anthropological approach

by Apte, Mahadev L.

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Title Statements

Full title :Humor and laughter : an anthropological approach / Mahadev L. Apte.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1985.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cornell University Press
Place of Publication:Ithaca, New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:1985.

The Physical Object

Description:317 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0801417201, 9780801417207, 0801493072, 9780801493072
oclc:ocm11029649
LC Classification:GN454.55
Dewey Decimal:306/.48

Pt I. Humor and social structure. Joking relationships ; Sexual inequality in humor ; Children's humor ; Humor, ethnicity, and intergroup relations -- pt. II. Cultural expressions of humor. Humor in religion ; Humor and language ; The trickster in folklore -- Pt III. Behavorial responses to humor. Laughter and smiling: evolutionary and biosocial aspects.

Subjects

Antropologia Cult Social Antropologische aspecten Cross-cultural studies Humor (grappigheden) Humour -- Études transculturelles man Wit and Humor Wit and humor -- Cross-cultural studies