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What's So Funny?: Humor in American Culture (American Visions (Wilmington, Del.).) | 
 enlarge | Author: Nancy A. Walker
Publisher: SR Books
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 701010
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 284
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0842026886
Dewey Decimal Number: 817.009
EAN: 9780842026888
ASIN: 0842026886
Publication Date: November 28, 1998
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Product Description
Critical studies attempting to define and dissect American humor have been published steadily for nearly one hundred years. However, until now, key documents from that history have never been brought together in a single volume for students and scholars. What's So Funny? Humor in American Culture, a collection of 15 essays, examines the meaning of humor and attempts to pinpoint its impact on American culture and society, while providing a historical overview of its progres-sion. Essays from Nancy Walker and Zita Dresner, Joseph Boskin and Joseph Dorinson, William Keough, Roy Blount, Jr., and others trace the development of American humor from the colonial period to the present, focusing on its relationship with ethnicity, gender, violence, and geography. An excellent reader for courses in American studies and American social and cultural history, What's So Funny? explores the traits of the American experience that have given rise to its humor.
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