Made-in-Canada humour
Subtitle: literary, folk and popular culture
By: Beverly J. Rasporich, University of Calgary
Series: Topics in humor research -- 3
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9789027202307
Subjects: Canadian National characteristics; History and criticism; Humor; Canadian humorists; Canadian wit and humor
Description: Made-in-Canada-Humour is an interdisciplinary survey and analysis of Canadian humour and humorists in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The book focuses on a variety of genres. It includes celebrated Canadian writers and poets with ironic and satiric perspectives; oral storytellers of tall tales in the country and the city; newspaper print humorists; representative national and regional cartoonists; and comedians of stage, radio and television. The humour gives voice to Canadian values and experiences, and consequently, techniques and styles of humour particular to the country. While a persistent comic theme has been joking at the expense of the United States, both countries have influenced one another’s humour. Canada’s unique humorous tradition also reflects its emergence from a colonial country to a postcolonial and postmodern nation with contemporary humour that addresses gender and racial issues.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-291) and index.