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" Punchlines : "
Leon Rappoport.
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BL
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973388
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b727758
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Rappoport, Leon.
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Punchlines : : the case for racial, ethnic, and gender humor /\ Leon Rappoport.
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Westport, Conn. :: Praeger Publishers,, 2005.
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1 online resource (xv, 181 pages)
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031305410X
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: 9780313054105
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0275987647
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9780275987640
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-169) and index.
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| Contents
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Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Hazards and Joys of Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Humor; 1. The Sword and Shield Metaphor and Other Perspectives; 2. What Makes Us Laugh: Humor Theory and Research from Plato and Aristotle to Sigmund Freud; 3. Prejudice, Pride, and Play in Ethnic Comedy; 4. The Origins and Psychology of Stereotypes and Slurs; 5. The Dominant Role of Jews and African Americans: Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, and the Culture of Irony; 6. Jewish and African American Roots Humor: Saving Grace in the Face of Oppression.
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The concept of ethnic, racial, and gender humor is as sensitive a subject today as it has ever been; yet at no time in the past have we had such a quantity of this humor circulating throughout society. We can see the power of such content manifested continually in our culture's films and stand-up comedy routines, as well as on popular TV sitcoms, where Jewish, black, Asian, Hispanic, and gay characters and topics have seemingly become essential to comic scenarios. Though such humor is often cruel, it can be a source of pride and play among minorities, women, and gays. Leon Rappoport's incisive.
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Ethnic wit and humor-- History and criticism.
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Wit and humor-- Social aspects.
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Ethnic wit and humor.
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HUMOR-- General.
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Wit and humor-- Social aspects.
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817.009/3552
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PN6149.E83R37 2005
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