The Game of Humor: A Comprehensive Theory of Why We Laugh

ISBN-13: 9781138535855 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 226 str.

Charles R. Gruner

Opis

Humor, wit, and laughter surround each person. From everyday quips to the carefully contrived comedy of literature, newspapers, and television we experience humor in many forms, yet the impetus for our laughter is far from innocuous

Spis treści

Introduction; 1: Win Or Lose: The Games We Play; 2: Conflict in Daily Life; 3: Drollery in Death, Destruction, and Disaster; 4: Comic Scripts: Laughing at People, Groups, and Concepts; 5: Sexual, Sexist, and Scatological Humor; 6: The Special Case of Puns: Word play is a Game to be Won, Too.; 7: The Mirage of “Innocent” Humor

O autorze

Charles R. Gruner