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American character
American humor
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Authority and dissent
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Collective identity
Community identity
Coping mechanisms
cultural satire
Cultural studies
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Ethnic humor
Everyday comedy
folk humor
Grassroots expression
humor
Humor and power
Humor as survival
Humor theory
Humor traditions
Jokes and society
Laughter as protest
Political humor
Social commentary
Social critique
social history
social resistance
Storytelling
Subversive humor
television and popular culture
Vernacular culture
Product details
- ISBN 9780815627487
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 1997
- Publisher: Syracuse University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Rebellious Laughter changes the way we think about the ordinary joke. Claiming that humor in America is a primary cultural weapon, Boskin surveys the multitude of joke cycles that have swept the country during the last fifty years. Dumb Blonde jokes. Elephant jokes. Jewish-American Princess jokes. Lightbulb jokes.
Readers will enjoy humor from many diverse sources: whites, blacks, women, and Hispanics; conservatives and liberals; public workers and university students; the powerless and power brokers. Boskin argues that jokes provide a cultural barometer of concerns and anxieties, frequently appearing in our day-to-day language long before these issues become grist for stand-up comics.
Readers will enjoy humor from many diverse sources: whites, blacks, women, and Hispanics; conservatives and liberals; public workers and university students; the powerless and power brokers. Boskin argues that jokes provide a cultural barometer of concerns and anxieties, frequently appearing in our day-to-day language long before these issues become grist for stand-up comics.
Joseph Boskin, professor of history and African American studies at Boston University, is also the director of its Urban Studies and Public Policy Program. His previous books include Into Slavery: Racial Decisions in the Virginia Colony, Seasons of Rebellion: Protest and Radicalism in Recent America (coedited), and Sambo: The Rise and Demise of an American Jester.
