Good humor, bad taste : a sociology of the joke /
"Good Humor, Bad Taste is the first extensive sociological study of the relationship between humor and social background. Using a combination of interview materials, survey data, and historical materials, the book explores the relationship between humor and gender, age, social class, and nation...
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Berlin ; New York :
Mouton de Gruyter,
©2015.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Dutch |
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Introduction : jokes, humor, and taste
- Ch. 2. The joke : genesis of an oral genre
- Ch. 3. Joke telling as communication style
- Ch. 4. The humor divide : class, age, and humor styles
- Ch. 5. The logic of humor styles
- Ch. 6. The repertoire : Dutch joke culture
- Ch. 7. Temptation and transgression
- Ch. 8. Sense and sociability
- Ch. 9. National humor styles : humor styles, joke telling and social background in the United States
- Ch. 10. Sociology and the joke
- App. 1. The jokes used in the Dutch survey
- App. 2. Dutch humorists and television programs.