Jokes and targets

by Davies, Christie

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Title Statements

Full title :Jokes and targets / Christie Davies.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Indiana University Press
Place of Publication:Bloomington [Ind.]
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (x, 314 p)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780253001726, 0253001722, 9780253223029, 0253223024, 9780253356192, 0253356199
oclc:ocn929349132
LC Classification:PN6149.S62
Dewey Decimal:152.4/3

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.

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