Jokes
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A01=Ted Cohen
absurd
academic
analysis
analyzed
audience
Author_Ted Cohen
Category=DSB
Category=JHM
Category=QD
Category=WH
cliche
comedian
communal
community
conditions
context
cultural
culture
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_humour
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
ethics
explained
explanation
humor
laughing
laughter
listener
mental
morality
philosophy
proper
propriety
psychological
psychology
punch line
scholarly
study
taste
timing
topics
understanding
Product details
- ISBN 9780226112312
- Weight: 142g
- Dimensions: 13 x 20mm
- Publication Date: 01 May 2001
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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A book of jokes and a book about them. Ted Cohen loves a good laugh, but as a philosopher, he is also interested in how jokes work, why they work and when they don't. The delight at the end of a joke is the result of a complex set of conditions and processes, and Cohen takes us through these conditions in a philosophical exploration of humour. He considers questions of audience, selection of joke topics, the ethnic character of jokes and their morality, all with plenty of examples that should make the reader either chuckle or wince.
