Good Humor, Bad Taste: A Sociology of the Joke

Giselinde Kuipers

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2015

Good Humor, Bad Taste

A Sociology of the Joke

Giselinde Kuipers

In the series Mouton Textbook

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501510441

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About this book

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 in the Netherlands and the United States. This edition includes new developments and research findings in the field of humor studies.

Author / Editor information

Giselinde Kuipers, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface to the new edition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Chapter 1. Introduction: Jokes, humor, and taste Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Style and social background
Chapter 2. The joke: Genesis of an oral genre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Chapter 3. Joke telling as communication style Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
Chapter 4. The humor divide: Class, age and humor styles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Chapter 5. The logic of humor styles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
Part II: Taste and quality
Chapter 6. The repertoire: Dutch joke culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Chapter 6. The repertoire: Dutch joke culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
Chapter 8. Sense and sociability Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
Part III: Comparing humor styles
Chapter 9. National humor styles: Humor styles, joke telling and social background in the United States Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Chapter 10. Sociology and the joke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232
Appendix 1. The jokes used in the Dutch survey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Appendix 2. Dutch humorists and television programs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
Subject index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	276

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Scholars in the fields of Social and Cultural Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Cultural History, and Humor Studies.
Pages
- Front matter: 18
- Main content: 282
Keywords: Humor; Sociolinguistics; Sociology.

eBook

Published: April 24, 2015
ISBN: 9781501510441

Paperback

Published: March 30, 2015
ISBN: 9781614517207