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245 04 $aThe humor prism in 20th-century America /$cedited
by Joseph Boskin.
246 3 $aHumor prism in twentieth-century America
260 $aDetroit, Mich. :$bWayne State University
Press,$cc1997.
300 $a268 p. ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aHumor in life and letters series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267-268).
505 0 $aHistory and Humor / Joseph Boskin -- What Makes
People Laugh?: Cracking the Cultural Code / Arthur Asa
Berger -- The Great American Joke / Louis D. Rubin, Jr. --
Our Native Humor / Sculley Bradley -- Entropy and
Transformation: Two Types of American Humor / Arlen J.
Hansen -- American Political Humor: Touchables and Taboos /
Joseph Boskin -- The Standup Comedian as Anthropologist:
Intentional Culture Critic / Stephanie Koziski -- The Urban
Landscape / Joseph Boskin -- Saloons and Burlesques / Joseph
Boskin -- The People of the Joke: On the Conceptualization
of a Jewish Humor / Elliott Oring -- African-American Humor:
Resistance and Retaliation / Joseph Boskin -- Why Are These
Women Laughing? The Power and Politics of Women's Humor /
Suzanne L. Bunkers -- A Rose by Any Other Name ... The
Occasional Doo-Dah Parade / Denise L. Lawrence -- The Giant
and the Child: "Cruel" Humor in American Culture / Joseph
Boskin -- The Helen Keller Joke Cycle / Mac E. Barrick.
505 8 $aRacial Riddles and the Polack Joke / Mac E.
Barrick -- The J.A.P. and the J.A.M. in American Jokelore /
Alan Dundes -- Many Hands Make Light Work or Caught in the
Act of Screwing in Light Bulbs / Alan Dundes -- Those Sick
Challenger Jokes / Patrick D. Morrow.
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650 0 $aAmerican wit and humor$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aEthnic wit and humor$zUnited States$xHistory and
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651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1945-
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