Jokes and their Relations to Society: A - Et

Christie Davies

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 1998

Jokes and their Relations to Society

Christie Davies

Volume 4 in the series Humor Research [HR]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110806144

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
List of tables Publicly Available Download PDF	X
Chapter 1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2. Fooltowns: Traditional and modern Local, regional and ethnic jokes about stupidity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Chapter 3. From the Milesians to the Milesians: The Irish-Pontian joke, its history and its absence in China and Japan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
Chapter 4. The Protestant ethic and the comic spirit of capitalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Chapter 5. Stupidity and rationality: Jokes from the iron cage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Chapter 6. Humour for the future and a future for humour Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Chapter 7. Ethnic jokes about alcohol: A study of the humour of ambivalence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Chapter 8. "Nasty" legends, "sick" humour and ethnic jokes about stupidity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Chapter 9. Making fun of work: Humour as sociology in the humorous writings of H. G. Wells Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Chapter 10. Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Edition: Reprint 2012
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 234

eBook

Published: October 25, 2012
ISBN: 9783110806144

Hardcover

Published: July 31, 1998
ISBN: 9783110161045