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- Book Title
- What's So Funny? : Humor in American Culture
- Publication Name
- What's So Funny?
- Title
- What's So Funny?
- Subtitle
- Humor in American Culture
- Contributor
- Nancy A. Walker (Edited by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0842026886
- EAN
- 9780842026888
- ISBN
- 9780842026888
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, History
- Release Year
- 1998
- Release Date
- 01/11/1998
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 14.4 Oz
- Series
- American Visions: Readings in American Culture
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Topic
- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), United States / General, Humor
- Number of Pages
- 284 Pages
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Critical studies attempting to define and dissect American humor have been published steadily for nearly one hundred years. However, until now, key documents from that history have never been brought together in a single volume for students and scholars. What's So Funny? Humor in American Culture , a collection of 15 essays, examines the meaning of humor and attempts to pinpoint its impact on American culture and society, while providing a historical overview of its progres-sion. Essays from Nancy Walker and Zita Dresner, Joseph Boskin and Joseph Dorinson, William Keough, Roy Blount, Jr., and others trace the development of American humor from the colonial period to the present, focusing on its relationship with ethnicity, gender, violence, and geography. An excellent reader for courses in American studies and American social and cultural history, What's So Funny? explores the traits of the American experience that have given rise to its humor.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0842026886
ISBN-13
9780842026888
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1140527
Product Key Features
Book Title
What's So Funny? : Humor in American Culture
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), United States / General, Humor
Publication Year
1998
Genre
Literary Criticism, History
Number of Pages
284 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
Vol. 1
Lc Classification Number
Ps430.W49 1998
Reviews
The extracts are well-chosen, and provide a tantalizing but satisfying glimpse of the breadth and depth of the subject. They also provide a good sense of the way in which humorous forms have been integral to the American experience., The essayists in this volume chronicle a complex history and draw attention to the scope of multimedia humor--from the earliest glint of irony and humor in descriptions of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century exploration to the sharp comedy of contemporary film, television, and stand-up routines. The result is an undeniable argument for the central role that humor plays in the development of an American culture shaped by the diverse voices that gained attention through print and electronic media. We have a strong case here that comedy is neither easy nor slight. This collection helps set the foundation for a greater appreciation of humor's influence in American society., The wide-ranging pieces of various scholars in What's So Funny provide fine answers to the frank question posed by the title, but the cogent and lucid introduction by Nancy Walker probably does it best., What's So Funny? Humor in American Culture is the book we've all been waiting for, and Nancy Walker is the hbest possible person to give us this volume. She presents us with the essential collection of erudite essays--essays that are themselves witty and entertaining--so that we know where American humor originates and where it's going., The essayists in this volume chronicle a complex history and draw attention to the scope of multimedia humor "from the earliest glint of irony and humor in descriptions of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century exploration to the sharp comedy of contemporary film, television, and stand-up routines. The result is an undeniable argument for the central role that humor plays in the development of an American culture shaped by the diverse voices that gained attention through print and electronic media. We have a strong case here that comedy is neither easy nor slight. This collection helps set the foundation for a greater appreciation of humor's influence in American society., What's So Funny? Humor in American Culture is the book we've all been waiting for, and Nancy Walker is the hbest possible person to give us this volume. She presents us with the essential collection of erudite essays "essays that are themselves witty and entertaining "so that we know where American humor originates and where it's going.
Table of Content
Part 1 Part I Chapter 2 Introduction: What Is Humor? Why American Humor? Chapter 3 Suggestions for Further Reading Part 4 Part II Chapter 5 American Humorists in 1882 Chapter 6 The Requisites for American Humor Chapter 7 The Great American Joke Chapter 8 No End of Jokes Chapter 9 The Violence of American Humor Chapter 10 Urban Legends Chapter 11 Southern Humor Chapter 12 Women's Humor in America Chapter 13 Comics as Culture Chapter 14 Stand-up Comedy as Social and Cultural Mediation Chapter 15 Ethnic Huor: Subversion and Survival Chapter 16 Comic Films Chapter 17 Television Comedy Chapter 18 Ideology in the Television Situation Comedy
Copyright Date
1998
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
98-013440
Dewey Decimal
817.009
Series
American Visions: Readings in American Culture Ser.
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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