The Mirth Of A Nation

Author : Christie Davies
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351479370

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The Mirth of Nations by Christie Davies Pdf

The Mirth of Nations is a social and historical study of jokes told in the principal English-speaking countries. It is based on use of archives and other primary sources, including old and rare joke books. Davies makes detailed comparisons between the humor of specific pairs of nations and ethnic and regional groups. In this way, he achieves an appreciation of the unique characteristics of the humor of each nation or group.A tightly argued book, The Mirth of Nations uses the comparative method to undermine existing theories of humor, which are rooted in notions of hostility, conflict, and superiority, and derive ultimately from Hobbes and Freud. Instead Davies argues that humor merely plays with aggression and with rule-breaking, and that the form this play takes is determined by social structures and intellectual traditions. It is not related to actual conflicts between groups. In particular, Davies convincingly argues that Jewish humor and jokes are neither uniquely nor overwhelmingly self-mocking as many writers since Freud have suggested. Rather Jewish jokes, like Scottish humor and jokes are the product of a strong cultural tradition of analytical thinking and intelligent self-awareness.The volume shows that the forty-year popularity of the Polish joke cycle in America was not a product of any special negative feeling towards Poles. Jokes are not serious and are not a form of determined aggression against others or against one's own group. The Mirth of Nations is readable as well as revisionist. It is written with great clarity and puts forward difficult and complex arguments without jargon in an accessible manner. Its rich use of examples of all kinds of humor entertains the reader, who will enjoy a great variety of jokes while being enlightened by the author's careful explanations of why particular sets of jokes exist and are immensely popular. The book will appeal to general readers as well as those in cultural stu

Author : Michael J. Rosen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : American wit and humor
ISBN : 1567318339

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Mirth of a Nation by Michael J. Rosen Pdf

Author : Michael J. Rosen
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-21
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780062038036

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Mirth of a Nation by Michael J. Rosen Pdf

A salvo of hilarity from that loose canon of American humor that Mirth of a Nation editor Michael J. Rosen has culled from some 1200 pages of brilliantly original works by our best contemporary humorists. This action-packed compilation of highlights includes Bobbie Ann Mason's stint at the La Bamba hotline, David Rakoff's insights on families, Andy Borowitz's memoir of Emily Dickinson (basically, she was a drunken jerk), and Michael Feldman's helpful (re)locating of the Midwest.

Author : Walter Blair,Raven Ioor McDavid
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : American fiction
ISBN : 9780816611683

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The Mirth of a Nation by Walter Blair,Raven Ioor McDavid Pdf

Author : Christie Davies
Publisher : AldineTransaction
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 141281457X

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The Mirth of Nations by Christie Davies Pdf

At Home in the Netherlands uses a range of indicators to describe developments in the integration of non-Western migrants and their children in the Netherlands. Attention is focused on the situation of non-Western children in education, the position of non-Western migrants on the labour and housing markets, their representation in the crime figures and their degree of socio-cultural integration. The book also looks at civic integration, the mutual perceptions of the non-Western and indigenous populations, and the life situation of young people with a non-Western background.

Author : Walter Blair
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0299136248

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Essays on American Humor by Walter Blair Pdf

Walter Blair was the literary scholar who almost single-handedly gave the study of American humor significance in the academic world. By categorizing the writings of American literary humorists into such diverse styles as the Old Southwest, Local Color, and Literary Comedian humor -- each having serious social import--Blair abolished the notion that they were all practicing the same kind of intellectual irreverence. Moving through more than six decades of Walter Blair's works, Essays on American Humor: Blair through the Ages provides a comprehensive introduction to the discipline he developed. Hamlin Hill has selected and ordered this collection to show the scope of Blair's expertise, which encompasses the careers of tall-tale characters like Baron Munchausen as well as the achievements of such real-life humorists as E. B. White. The pieces range in time from Blair's introduction to the 1928 edition of Julia A. Moore's poetry to his 1989 introduction to a work commemorating Davy Crockett's two-hundredth anniversary. Historical and biographical essays, source-and-influence studies, and analyses of texts constitute the bulk of the book. An entire section is devoted to discourses on Mark Twain, Blair's major subject.

Author : Lisa Parks,Shanti Kumar
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814766927

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Planet TV by Lisa Parks,Shanti Kumar Pdf

Provides an overview of the rapidly changing landscape of global television, combining previously published essays by pioneers of the study of television with new work by cutting-edge television scholars who refine and extend intellectual debates in the field.

Author : Charise Cheney
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814716120

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Brothers Gonna Work It Out by Charise Cheney Pdf

Cheney (ethnic studies, California Polytechnic State U.) considers the political expression of rap artists within the historical tradition of black nationalism. Interweaving songs and interviews with hip-hop artists and activists including Chuck D of Public Enemy and Rosa Clemente, manager of dead prez, Cheney links late 20th- century hip-hop nationalists with their 19th-century spiritual forebears and challenges the perception of hip-hop as simply sexist or misogynistic.

Author : J. R. LeMaster,James D. Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780415890588

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The Routledge Encyclopedia of Mark Twain by J. R. LeMaster,James D. Wilson Pdf

This encyclopedia includes more than 700 alphabetically arranged entries that cover a full variety of topics on Mark Twain's life, intellectual milieu, literary career, and achievements.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026215139

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The Spirit of the Nation, Etc by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783375067366

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The Spirit of the Nation - Ballads and Songs by Anonymous Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1861.

Author : Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Minnesota Commandery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : United States
ISBN : HARVARD:32044090105453

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Glimpses of the Nation's Struggle by Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Minnesota Commandery Pdf

Author : Military order of the Loyal Legion of the U. S. Minnesota Commandery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951P00407157J

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Glimpses of the nation's struggle by Military order of the Loyal Legion of the U. S. Minnesota Commandery Pdf

Author : Carl Schwartz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Jews
ISBN : UOM:39015075060809

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The Scattered Nation and Jewish Christian Magazine by Carl Schwartz Pdf

Author : Carol Lee Anderson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625840233

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The New England Life of Cartoonist Bob Montana by Carol Lee Anderson Pdf

The true story of the artist whose high school years in Massachusetts inspired Riverdale. Bob Montana, creator of the Archie comic strip and one of America’s greatest cartoonists, always considered himself a true New Englander. Filled with the antics of the rambunctious teenagers of the fictional Riverdale High, Montana’s comic strip was based on his high school years in Haverhill, Massachusetts. At the height of his career, he lived as a beloved resident in the quaint, picturesque town of Meredith in the heart of the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. For nearly thirty years, he was considered an extraordinarily respected contributor to the community. Drawing from the Yankee humor he saw around him, Montana deftly included local scenes, events, and characters in the puns and pranks of Archie’s comic-strip life. Join Lakes Region historian Carol Lee Anderson as she takes readers beyond the comic strip and tells the story of the remarkable New England life of Bob Montana.