Taking Penguins to the Movies: Ethnic Humor in Russia (Humor in Life and Letters)
by Emil Draitser
Category: Humor

Draitser uses humor as a means of understanding the attitudes and customs, beliefs and idiosyncrasies, and inter- and intra-group relationships of this multinational society. In analyzing the jokes, he seeks to determine what makes them funny, why certain groups are targeted, and even why a mediocre joke can be received with great enthusiasm.