1st Edition
The Game of Humor A Comprehensive Theory of Why We Laugh
By Charles R. Gruner
Copyright 1997
204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
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Routledge
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Humor, wit, and laughter surround each person. From everyday quips to the carefully contrived comedy of literature, newspapers, and television we experience humor in many forms, yet the impetus for our laughter is far from innocuous. Misfortune, stupidity, and moral or cultural defects, however faintly revealed in others and ourselves, seem to make us laugh. Although discomforting, such negative... Read more
Introduction; 1: Win Or Lose: The Games We Play; 2: Conflict in Daily Life; 3: Drollery in Death, Destruction, and Disaster; 4: Comic Scripts: Laughing at People, Groups, and Concepts; 5: Sexual, Sexist, and Scatological Humor; 6: The Special Case of Puns: Word play is a Game to be Won, Too.; 7: The Mirage of “Innocent” Humor
Biography
Charles R. Gruner
