Jokes and targets
By: Christie Davies
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780253356192; 9780253223029
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : why study jokes and targets?; title: Mind over matter: a general theory of jokes about the stupid and the canny; title: Blondes, sex, and the French; title: Jewish women and Jewish men; title: Sex between men : places, occupations, and classes; title: The great American lawyer joke cycle; title: The rise of the Soviet joke and the fall of the Soviet Union; title: Conclusion.