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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 $aDetroit :$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 00 $tHistory and Humor /$rJoseph Boskin --$tWhat Makes
People Laugh?: Cracking the Cultural Code /$rArthur Asa
Berger --$tThe Great American Joke /$rLouis D. Rubin, Jr.
--$tOur Native Humor /$rSculley Bradley --$tEntropy and
Transformation: Two Types of American Humor /$rArlen J.
Hansen --$tAmerican Political Humor: Touchables and Taboos
/$rJoseph Boskin --$tThe Standup Comedian as Anthropologist:
Intentional Culture Critic /$rStephanie Koziski --$tThe
Urban Landscape /$rJoseph Boskin --$tSaloons and Burlesques
/$rJoseph Boskin --$tThe People of the Joke: On the
Conceptualization of a Jewish Humor /$rElliott Oring
--$tAfrican-American Humor: Resistance and Retaliation
/$rJoseph Boskin --$tWhy Are These Women Laughing? The Power
and Politics of Women's Humor /$rSuzanne L. Bunkers --$tA
Rose by Any Other Name ... The Occasional Doo-Dah Parade
/$rDenise L. Lawrence --$tThe Giant and the Child: "Cruel"
Humor in American Culture /$rJoseph Boskin --$tThe Helen
Keller Joke Cycle /$rMac E. Barrick --$tRacial Riddles and
the Polack Joke /$rMac E. Barrick --$tThe J.A.P. and the
J.A.M. in American Jokelore /$rAlan Dundes --$tMany Hands
Make Light Work or Caught in the Act of Screwing in Light
Bulbs /$rAlan Dundes --$tThose Sick Challenger Jokes
/$rPatrick D. Morrow.
650 0 $aPopular culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th
century.
650 0 $aAmerican wit and humor$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aEthnic wit and humor$zUnited States$xHistory and
criticism.
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1945-
700 1 $aBoskin, Joseph.
830 0 $aHumor in life and letters.
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