Jokes and TargetsIndiana University Press, 23 мая 2011 г. - Всего страниц: 314 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. |
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Why Study Jokes and Targets? | 1 |
A General Theory of Jokesabout the Stupid and the Canny | 20 |
2 Blondes Sex and the French | 69 |
3 Jewish Women and Jewish Men | 113 |
Places Occupations and Classes | 154 |
5 The Great American Lawyer Joke Cycle | 184 |
The Rise of the Soviet Joke and the Fallof the Soviet Union | 213 |
Conclusion | 253 |
References | 279 |
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