When you see a bird diving for a fish, landing on a perch, or singing from a fence post, do you wonder what it’s saying or thinking? While staking out nests or waiting for the perfect shot on cold mor
Nothing in the understanding of humor is as simple as it might seem. In Joking Asides, Elliott Oring confronts the problems of humor, analyzing the key contemporary approaches to its study and address
Although numerous scholars have studied Late Republican humor, this is the first book to examine its social and political context. Anthony Corbeill maintains that political abuse exercised real powers
Charles Dickens, celebrated novelist and journalist, believed that his greatest ability as a writer was to make people laugh. Yet, to date, humor has been strangely marginalized in journalism, communi
The tragic sentiment of Southern literature and its heteronormative perspective are foundational attributes generally accepted by both popular and scholarly audiences. Yet a pantheon of great authors
This is an updated edition of Good Humor, Bad Taste: A Sociology of the Joke, published in 2006. Using a combination of interview materials, survey data, and historical materials, it explores the rela
Although numerous scholars have studied Late Republican humor, this is the first book to examine its social and political context. Anthony Corbeill maintains that political abuse exercised real powers
This amusing book covers early camping history, RV designs, road conditions, driving habits, campground issues, and more, with a twist. Things go wrong in each and every chapter, and that is where the
Decade after decade, Yiddish proverbs continue to capture the humor, warmth, and traditions of Jewish life. Now, the beloved Yiddish Wisdom (more than 100,000 copies sold) has been expanded with even
Smith, a librarian and collector and writer of library humor, presents a history of American library humor (as well as references to a few pieces by English-language humorists from Canada, Australia,
The New Yorker is, of course, a bastion of superb essays, influential investigative journalism, and insightful arts criticism. But for eighty years it’s also been a hoot. Now an uproarious sampling of
Mayfield (history, Samford U.) analyzes popular images of Southern manhood in the antebellum culture by showing how contemporary humorists bridged the gap between the "old honor culture" and new econo
The New Yorker is, of course, a bastion of superb essays, influential investigative journalism, and insightful arts criticism. But for eighty years, it’s also been a hoot. In fact, when Harold Ross fo
Explores the diverse ways in which women use humor in their storytelling and in their working relationships with men in the western theme town of Winthrop, Washington, in a study based on interviews w
Beard (advertising, University of Oklahoma) explores advertising humor and how it works. He introduces a model of three theories and associated mechanisms that explain why audiences think things are f
This volume brings together the current approaches to the definition and measurement of the sense of humor and its components. It provides both an overview of historic approaches and a compendium of c
Kuipers explores the relationship between sense of humor and social background, specifically looking at how people think about standardized jokes ending in a punch line, and which the teller does not
The concept of ethnic, racial, and gender humor is as sensitive a subject today as it has ever been; yet at no time in the past have we had such a quantity of this humor circulating throughout societ
Puerto Rican writers from the island and mainland have long used a variety of comic genres and forms to affirm an autonomous national identity and resist cultural hegemony and assimilation. The use of
Spotlight Books are the Little Book wave of the future.Oy vey!" This simple phrase can express happiness or dismay, surprise or frustration, angst or joy. It can be a bold statement or merely a questi
An anthology of baseball humor includes essays, articles, short stories, and cartoons contributed by Ring Lardner, George Plimpton, Garrison Keillor, Mike Lupica, Yogi Berra, Charles Schulz, Garry Tru
