Of corpse : death and humor in folklore and popular culture / edited by Peter Narváez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Narváez, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death--Folklore.

Death.

Death--Humor.

Genre:

Humor.

Physical Description:

358 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2003.

Contents:

Introduction: The Death-Humor Paradox / Peter Narvaez 1

Part 1 Disaster Jokes

1 Jokes That Follow Mass-Mediated Disasters in a Global Electronic Age / Christie Davies 15

2 Making a Big Apple Crumble: The Role of Humor in Constructing a Global Response to Disaster / Bill Ellis 35

Part 2 Rites of Passage

3 Creating Situations: Practical Jokes and the Revival of the Dead in Irish Tradition / Ilana Harlow 83

4 Tricks and Fun: Subversive Pleasures at Newfoundland Wakes / Peter Narvaez 113

5 "Pardon Me for Not Standing": Modern American Graveyard Humor / Richard E. Meyer 140

Part 3 Festivals

6 Wishes Come True: Designing the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade / Jack Kugelmass 171

7 Making Merry with Death: Iconic Humor in Mexico's Day of the Dead / Kristin Congdon 198

8 Calaveras: Literary Humor in Mexico's Day of the Dead / Stanley Brandes 221

9 Exit Laughing: Death and Laughter in Los Angeles and Port-au-Prince / Donald J. Cosentino 239

Part 4 Popular Culture

10 Dancing Skeletons: The Subversion of Death Among Deadheads / LuAnne K. Roth 263

11 Traditional Narrative, Popular Aesthetics, Weekend at Bernie's, and Vernacular Cinema / Mikel Koven 294.

Notes:

"An earlier version of Ellis's essay 'Making a Big Apple crumble' was published in the online journal New directions in folklore, 6 June 2002."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-351) and index.

ISBN:

0874215595

OCLC:

51799523