On humour
Subtitle: its nature and its place in modern society
By: Michael Mulkay.
Publisher: Polity Press; B. Blackwell
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; Oxford, UK; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Wit and humor -- Social aspects; Laughter
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-229) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: viii; title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: 1
title: The Humorous Mode
pagenum: 7; label: 2
title: Serious Discourse and the Duality of Humour
pagenum: 22; label: 3
title: Semantics and Signals
pagenum: 39; label: 4
title: Informal Humour
pagenum: 57; label: 5
title: Putting Humour to Work
pagenum: 73; label: 6
title: Laughter as Social Action
pagenum: 93; label: 7
title: The Social Significance of Sexual Jokes
pagenum: 120; label: 8
title: Sexual Humour and Gender Relationships
pagenum: 134; label: 9
title: Humour and Social Structure
pagenum: 152; label: 10
title: The Mass Production of Humour
pagenum: 178; label: 11
title: Humour and Political Action
pagenum: 197; label: 12
title: The Mute Voice of Humour
pagenum: 213; title: References
pagenum: 224; title: Index
pagenum: 230