| Description |
317 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt I. Humor and social structure. Joking relationships -- Sexual inequality in humor -- Children's humor -- Humor, ethnicity, and intergroup relations -- pt. II. Cultural expressions of humor. Humor in religion -- Humor and language -- The trickster in folklore -- Pt III. Behavorial responses to humor. Laughter and smiling: evolutionary and biosocial aspects |
| Analysis |
Man Humour - Anthropological perspectives |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 275-308 |
| Subject |
Wit and humor -- Cross-cultural studies.
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| LC no. |
84015618 |
| ISBN |
0801417201 (alk. paper) |
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0801493072 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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