Rebellious Laughter : People's Humor in American Culture
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0815627483
ISBN-13
9780815627487
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Imprint
Syracuse University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 1st, 1997
Print length
260 Pages
Weight
294 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.20 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Social & cultural historyCultural studiesCultural studiesSocial and cultural history
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Bringing together everyday language, social interaction and cultural warfare, this work forms a social history of humour in American culture. It argues that jokes provide a cultural barometer of concerns and anxieties, and that laughter is transformative.
Rebellious Laughter changes the way we think about the ordinary joke. Claiming that humor in America is a primary cultural weapon, Boskin surveys the multitude of joke cycles that have swept the country during the last fifty years. Dumb Blonde jokes. Elephant jokes. Jewish-American Princess jokes. Lightbulb jokes.
Readers will enjoy humor from many diverse sources: whites, blacks, women, and Hispanics; conservatives and liberals; public workers and university students; the powerless and power brokers. Boskin argues that jokes provide a cultural barometer of concerns and anxieties, frequently appearing in our day-to-day language long before these issues become grist for stand-up comics.
Readers will enjoy humor from many diverse sources: whites, blacks, women, and Hispanics; conservatives and liberals; public workers and university students; the powerless and power brokers. Boskin argues that jokes provide a cultural barometer of concerns and anxieties, frequently appearing in our day-to-day language long before these issues become grist for stand-up comics.
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