Jokes and their Relations to Society: A - Et

Christie Davies

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Jokes and their Relations to Society

Christie Davies

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1998

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Volume 4 | Humor Research [HR]

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Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines Sociolinguistics
Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines Linguistics, other

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	1
Chapter 2. Fooltowns: Traditional and modern Local, regional and ethnic jokes about stupidity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	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	27
Chapter 4. The Protestant ethic and the comic spirit of capitalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	43
Chapter 5. Stupidity and rationality: Jokes from the iron cage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	63
Chapter 6. Humour for the future and a future for humour Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	85
Chapter 7. Ethnic jokes about alcohol: A study of the humour of ambivalence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	101
Chapter 8. "Nasty" legends, "sick" humour and ethnic jokes about stupidity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	137
Chapter 9. Making fun of work: Humour as sociology in the humorous writings of H. G. Wells Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	151
Chapter 10. Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	165
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	193
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	205
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	229

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eBook published on:

October 25, 2012

eBook ISBN:

9783110806144

Hardcover published on:

July 31, 1998

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110161045

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Reprint 2012

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10

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234

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110806144

eBook ISBN: 9783110806144

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110161045

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