Good Humor, Bad Taste : : A Sociology of the Joke / / Giselinde Kuipers.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2015
• VerfasserIn: Kuipers, Giselinde,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Mouton Textbook
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface to the new edition --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Chapter 1. Introduction: Jokes, humor, and taste --; Chapter 2. The joke: Genesis of an oral genre --; Chapter 3. Joke telling as communication style --; Chapter 4. The humor divide: Class, age and humor styles --; Chapter 5. The logic of humor styles --; Chapter 6. The repertoire: Dutch joke culture --; Chapter 8. Sense and sociability --; Chapter 9. National humor styles: Humor styles, joke telling and social background in the United States --; Chapter 10. Sociology and the joke --; Appendix 1. The jokes used in the Dutch survey --; Appendix 2. Dutch humorists and television programs --; References --; Subject index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501510441; 9783110700985; 9783110439687; 9783110438710
• DOI: 10.1515/9781501510441
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Giselinde Kuipers.

This is an updated edition of Good Humor, Bad Taste: A Sociology of the Joke, published in 2006. Using a combination of interview materials, survey data, and historical materials, it explores the relationship between humor and gender, age, social class, and national differences in the Netherlands and the United States. This edition includes new developments and research findings in the field of humor studies.