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Jokes and Targets
Christie Davies
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Description for Jokes and Targets
Paperback. Why certain groups tell jokes about other groups Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: C; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
Jokes and Targets takes up an appealing and entertaining topic—the social and historical origins of jokes about familiar targets such as rustics, Jewish spouses, used car salesmen, and dumb blondes. Christie Davies explains why political jokes flourished in the Soviet Union, why Europeans tell jokes about American lawyers but not about their own lawyers, and why sex jokes often refer to France rather than to other countries. 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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253223029
SKU
V9780253223029
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Christie Davies
Christie Davies is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Reading, UK. He was president of the International Society for Humor Studies in 2008–2009. His previous books include Ethnic Humor around the World: A Comparative Analysis (IUP, 1990); Jokes and their Relation to Society; and The Mirth of Nations.
Reviews for Jokes and Targets
I recommend Jokes and Targets as a valuable scholarly study where thoughtul analysis is brought to bear on a wide variety of significant materials and the writing style is pleasantly engaging.
Studies in American Humor
Jokes and Targets deserves a wide readership among persons interested in humour as well as comparative and cultural sociology. Davies shows that cross-national ... Read more
Studies in American Humor
Jokes and Targets deserves a wide readership among persons interested in humour as well as comparative and cultural sociology. Davies shows that cross-national ... Read more