Good humor, bad taste : a sociology of the joke / Giselinde Kuipers ; chapters 1 to 8 and 10 translated from the Dutch by Kate Simms.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuipers, Giselinde, author.

Contributor:

Simms, Kate, translator.

Series:

Mouton Textbook

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dutch wit and humor--History and criticism.

Dutch wit and humor.

Wit and humor--Social aspects.

Wit and humor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston, Massachusetts : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 relationship between humor and gender, age, social class, and national differences in the Netherlands and the United States. This edition includes new developments and research findings in the field of humor studies.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface to the new edition

Acknowledgments

Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction: Jokes, humor, and taste

Chapter 2. The joke: Genesis of an oral genre

Chapter 3. Joke telling as communication style

Chapter 4. The humor divide: Class, age and humor styles

Chapter 5. The logic of humor styles

Chapter 6. The repertoire: Dutch joke culture

Chapter 8. Sense and sociability

Chapter 9. National humor styles: Humor styles, joke telling and social background in the United States

Chapter 10. Sociology and the joke

Appendix 1. The jokes used in the Dutch survey

Appendix 2. Dutch humorists and television programs

References

Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781501510441

1501510444

9781501510892

1501510894

OCLC:

979882409