Beyond a joke: the limits of humour
Beyond a Joke: the limits of humour
Humour is pervasive in contemporary culture, & is generally celebrated as a public good, though not always. This book brings together discussion of the ethics & the aesthetics of humour. It focuses on the abuse & limits of humour.
Humour is pervasive in contemporary culture, & is generally celebrated as a public good, though not always. This book brings together discussion of the ethics & the aesthetics of humour. It focuses on the abuse & limits of humour.
Humour is pervasive in contemporary culture, & is generally celebrated as a public good, though not always. This book brings together discussion of the ethics & the aesthetics of humour. It focuses on the abuse & limits of humour.
Humour is generally celebrated as an attractive human attribute and a desirable public good, but what about when it involves mispresentation and stereotyping, intolerance and hatred? This book brings together, for the first time wideranging contributions exploring the ethics as …
Good humor, bad taste: a sociology of the joke
by Kuipers, Giselinde, Simms, Kate
fromMouton Textbook
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 …
Good humor, bad taste: a sociology of the joke
Review: "Good Humor, Bad Taste is the first extensive sociological study of the relationship between humor and social background. Using a combination of interview materials, survey data, and historical materials, the book explores the relationship between humor and gender, age, …
"Good Humor, Bad Taste is the first extensive sociological study of the relationship between humor and social background. Using a combination of interview materials, survey data, and historical materials, the book explores the relationship between humor and gender, age, social c…
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 …
POLITICS OF JOKING: anthropological engagements
"Placing failed humor within the broader category of miscommunication and drawing on a range of conversational data, this text represents the first comprehensive study of failed humor. It provides a framework for classifying the types of failure that can occur, examines the stra…