Understanding Humor In Japan

by Davis, Jessica Milner

• ISBN13: 9780814331651
• ISBN10: 0814331653
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-28
• Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr

Summary

A comprehensive look at the customary differences between humor in Japan and the West, providing cultural examples and illustrative terminology in the original Japanese.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
Preface	ix
Editor's Note	xiii
Introduction
Jessica Milner Davis	1	(14)
1 Laughter and the Traditional Japanese Smile
Shokichi Oda	15	(12)
2 Osaka's Culture of Laughter
Hiroshi Inoue	27	(10)
3 A Ritual Performance of Laughter in Southern Japan
Goh Abe	37	(14)
4 Manzai: Team Comedy in Japan's Entertainment Industry
Joel F. Stocker	51	(24)
5 Sha-re: A Widely Accepted Form of Japanese Wordplay
Heiyo Nagashima	75	(10)
6 Conversational Jokes in Japanese and English
Makiko Takekuro	85	(14)
7 Rakugo and Humor in Japanese Interpersonal Communication
Kimie Oshima	99	(12)
8 Forgotten Women: Two Kyoka Poets of the Temmei Era
Rokuo Tanaka	111	(16)
9 Farce and Satire in Kyogen
Marguerite A. Wells and Jessica Milner Davis	127	(26)
10 Senryu: Japan's Short Comic Poetry
Masashi Kobayashi	153	(26)
11 Humor in Japanese Newspapers
Hiroshi Inoue	179	(14)
12 Satire and Constraint in Japanese Culture
Marguerite A. Wells	193	(26)
List of Contributors	219	(4)
Bibliography	223	(10)
Index	233