Christie Davies

Jokes and Targets

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

One of the world's leading experts on the study of humor, Davies provides a wide-ranging and detailed study of the jokes that make up an important part of everyday conversation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9780253223029
• ISBN-10: 0253223024
• Artikelnr.: 32727981

Autorenporträt

Christie Davies

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why Study Jokes and Targets?
1. Mind over Matter: A General Theory of Jokes about the Stupid and the
Canny
2. Blondes, Sex, and the French
3. Jewish Women and Jewish Men
4. Sex between Men: Places, Occupations, and Classes
5. The Great American Lawyer Joke Cycle
6. The Rise of the Soviet Joke and the Fall of the Soviet Union
Conclusion
References
Index