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Cracking up : American humor in a time of conflict / Paul Lewis.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, Paul, 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American wit and humor--History and criticism.
- American wit and humor.
- United States--Civilization--1970-.
- United States.
- Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
- Contents:
- 1 "One, Two, Freddy's Coming for You": Killing Jokes of the 1980s and 1990s 23
- 2 Red Noses at the Ready!: The Positive Humor Movement 63
- 3 Shut Up! No, You Shut Up!: Fighting with and About Humor 109
- 4 Ridicule to Rule: The Strange Case of George W. Bush 155.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-226) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226476995
- OCLC:
- 64442759
- Publisher Number:
- 9780226476995
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