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Made-in-Canada humour : literary, folk and popular culture / Beverly J. Rasporich, University of Calgary.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rasporich, Beverly Jean, author.
- Series:
- Topics in humor research ; Volume 3.
- Topics in Humor Research, 2212-8999 ; Volume 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canadian wit and humor--History and criticism.
- Canadian wit and humor.
- National characteristics, Canadian--Humor.
- National characteristics, Canadian.
- Humorists, Canadian.
- Canada--Humor.
- Canada.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (322 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Made-in-Canada-Humour is an interdisciplinary survey and analysis of Canadian humour and humorists in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The book focuses on a variety of genres. It includes celebrated Canadian writers and poets with ironic and satiric perspectives; oral storytellers of tall tales in the country and the city; newspaper print humorists; representative national and regional cartoonists; and comedians of stage, radio and television. The humour gives voice to Canadian values and experiences, and consequently, techniques and styles of humour particular to the country. While a persistent comic theme has been joking at the expense of the United States, both countries have influenced one another’s humour. Canada’s unique humorous tradition also reflects its emergence from a colonial country to a postcolonial and postmodern nation with contemporary humour that addresses gender and racial issues.
- Contents:
- Prelim pages
- Table of contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of illustrations
- Foreword
- 1. Antique humour
- 2. Canada’s remarkable humorist Stephen Leacock (1869–1944)
- 3. Folk humour in the country and in the city
- 4. 20th century literary humour
- 5. 20th century print humour and cartoons
- 6. Joking at the margins
- 7. Popular comedy on stage and in the media
- Conclusion
- Previous publications
- Select references
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9789027268174
- 9027268177
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