Jokes and their relation to society
This title is an historical and sociological study of humour and jokes, covering almost every continent and reaching back in time to medieval jokes in Europe and jokes about the Melanesians in Ancient Greece. In particular this is a study of ethnic jokes, sick jokes, political jokes and urban legends.
1 online resource (x, 234 pages)
9783110806144, 3110806142
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Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Fooltowns: Traditional And Modern. Local, Regional And Ethnic Jokes About Stupidity
Chapter 3. From The Milesians To The Milesians: The Irish-Pontian Joke, Its History And Its Absence In China And Japan
Chapter 4. The Protestant Ethic And The Comic Spirit Of Capitalism
Chapter 5. Stupidity And Rationality: Jokes From The Iron Cage
Chapter 6. Humour For The Future And A Future For Humour
Chapter 7. Ethnic Jokes About Alcohol: A Study Of The Humour Of Ambivalence Chapter 8. “Nasty� Legends, “Sick� Humour And Ethnic Jokes About Stupidity Chapter 9. Making Fun Of Work: Humour As Sociology In The Humorous Writings Of H.G. Wells
Chapter 10: Conclusion
Notes
References
Index
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010