Rebellious Laughter: People's Humor in American Culture

ISBN-13: 9780815627487 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 260 str.

Joseph Boskin

Opis

Bringing together everyday language, social interaction and cultural warfare, this work forms a social history of humour in American culture. It argues that jokes provide a cultural barometer of concerns and anxieties, and that laughter is transformative.