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9780765804945

An Anatomy of Humor

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  • ISBN13:

    9780765804945

  • ISBN10:

    0765804948

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 1999-01-31
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Humor permeates every aspect of society and has done so for thousands of years. People experience it daily through television, newspapers, literature, and contact with others. The types of jokes a person enjoys contribute significantly to the definition of that person as well as to the character of a given society. Berger shows how humor can range from the simple pun to complex plots in Elizabethan plays, in the process exploring why humor is such a dominating force in our lives.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Humor, Psyche and Societyp. 1
Theoretical Concerns
A Glossary of the Techniques of Humor: Morphology of the Joke-Talep. 15
Anatomy of a Jokep. 57
Applications
The Telephone Pole with the Braided Armpits: Ethnic and Racial Jokes and American Societyp. 65
"On Me You Can't Count": An Interpretation of a Jewish Joke with Relevance to the Jewish Questionp. 75
Jewish Fools: From the Wise Men of Chelm to Jackie Masonp. 83
Mickey Mouse and Krazy Kat: Of Mice and Menp. 97
Comics and Popular Culture: Not Just Kid's Stuffp. 107
Mark Russell in Buffalop. 121
A Cool Millionp. 127
Twelfth Night: Comedic Techniques and Social Considerationsp. 133
Huckleberry Finn as a Novel of the Absurd: Making Sense of an Existentialist Herop. 145
Healing with Humor: A Laugh a Day Keeps the Doctor Awayp. 155
Comedy and Creation: On the Generative Power of Humorp. 163
Bibliographyp. 175
Names Indexp. 181
Subject Indexp. 185
Jokes and Humorous Texts Indexp. 191
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