Comic Relief: A Comprehensive Philosophy of Humordevelops an inclusive theory that integrates psychological, aesthetic, and ethical issues relating to humor Offers an enlightening and accessible ...foray into the serious business of humorReveals how standard theories of humor fail to explain its true nature and actually support traditional prejudices against humor as being antisocial, irrational, and foolishArgues that humor’s benefits overlap significantly with those of philosophyIncludes a foreword by Robert Mankoff, Cartoon Editor of The New Yorker
Research on humor is carried out in a number of areas in psychology, including the cognitive (What makes something funny?), developmental (when do we develop a sense of humor?), and social (how is ...humor used in social interactions?) Although there is enough interest in the area to have spawned several societies, the literature is dispersed in a number of primary journals, with little in the way of integration of the material into a book. Dr. Martin is one of the best known researchers in the area, and his research goes across subdisciplines in psychology to be of wide appeal. This is a singly authored monograph that provides in one source, a summary of information researchers might wish to know about research into the psychology of humor. The material is scholarly, but the presentation of the material is suitable for people unfamiliar with the subject-making the book suitable for use for advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses on the psychology of humor-which have not had a textbook source.2007 AATH Book Award for Humor/Laughter Research category!
*Up-to-date coverage of research on humor and laughter in every area of psychology*Research findings are integrated into a coherent conceptual framework*Includes recent brain imaging studies, evolutionary models, and animal research*Draws on contributions from sociology, linguistics, neuroscience, and anthropology*Provides an overview of theories of humor and early research*Explores applications of humor in psychotherapy, education, and the workplace*Points out interesting topics for further research and promising research methodologies*Written in a scholarly yet easily accessible style*2007 AATH Book Award for Humor/Laughter Research category
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Humor is the most celebrated of all Jewish responses to modernity. In this book, Ruth Wisse evokes and applauds the genius of spontaneous Jewish joking--as well as the brilliance of comic masterworks ...by writers like Heinrich Heine, Sholem Aleichem, Isaac Babel, S. Y. Agnon, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Philip Roth. At the same time, Wisse draws attention to the precarious conditions that call Jewish humor into being--and the price it may exact from its practitioners and audience.
Wisse broadly traces modern Jewish humor around the world, teasing out its implications as she explores memorable and telling examples from German, Yiddish, English, Russian, and Hebrew. Among other topics, the book looks at how Jewish humor channeled Jewish learning and wordsmanship into new avenues of creativity, brought relief to liberal non-Jews in repressive societies, and enriched popular culture in the United States.
Even as it invites readers to consider the pleasures and profits of Jewish humor, the book asks difficult but fascinating questions: Can the excess and extreme self-ridicule of Jewish humor go too far and backfire in the process? And is "leave 'em laughing" the wisest motto for a people that others have intended to sweep off the stage of history?
When wielded by the white majority, ethnic humor can be used to ridicule and demean marginalized groups. In the hands of ethnic minorities themselves, ethnic humor can work as a site of community ...building and resistance. In nearly all cases, however, ethnic humor can serve as a window through which to examine the complexities of American race relations. InEthnic Humor in Multiethnic America, David Gillota explores the ways in which contemporary comic works both reflect and participate in national conversations about race and ethnicity.Gillota investigates the manner in which various humorists respond to multiculturalism and the increasing diversity of the American population. Rather than looking at one or two ethnic groups at a time-as is common scholarly practice-the book focuses on the interplay between humorists from different ethnic communities. While some comic texts project a fantasy world in which diverse ethnic characters coexist in a rarely disputed harmony, others genuinely engage with the complexities and contradictions of multiethnic America.The first chapter focuses on African American comedy with a discussion of such humorists as Paul Mooney and Chris Rock, who tend to reinforce a black/white vision of American race relations. This approach is contrasted to the comedy of Dave Chappelle, who looks beyond black and white and uses his humor to place blackness within a much wider multiethnic context.Chapter 2 concentrates primarily on the Jewish humorists Sarah Silverman, Larry David, and Sacha Baron Cohen-three artists who use their personas to explore the peculiar position of contemporary Jews who exist in a middle space between white and other.In chapter 3, Gillota discusses different humorous constructions of whiteness, from a detailed analysis ofSouth Parkto "Blue Collar Comedy" and the blogStuff White People Like.Chapter 4 is focused on the manner in which animated children's film and the network situation comedy often project simplified and harmonious visions of diversity. In contrast, chapter 5 considers how many recent works, such asHarold and Kumar Go to White Castleand the Showtime seriesWeeds, engage with diversity in more complex and productive ways.
Presented by Ján L. Kalina, Dr. Humoris Causa Slovart, Bratislava 2020, 488 s. Názvom (a podtitulom) svojej zbierky vtipov Kalina čitateľov vopred upozorňuje, že jej cieľom je nielen pobaviť, no aj ...poučiť, ale aj na skutočnosť, že humor (svojím obsahom aj následkami) vie byť niekedy veľmi vážny. (Neuveriteľné, ale aj takí ľudia žijú medzi nami.) Po dlhom hľadaní vhodného ekvivalentu prejavil záujem o životopis Napoleona Bonaparta, ktorý som (dnes už pre mňa z nepochopiteľných dôvodov) vlastnil. „Syn žartu" a „Pán Tisíc a jedného vtipu" (týmito titulmi som ovenčil Kalinu v recenzii jednej z jeho neskorších memoárových kníh),2 mal pre mňa podstatne vyššiu cenu, než nejaký francúzsky cisár. Zabudol som, komu som túto knihu požičal, ale neznámy zloduch ju zabudol vrátiť. V tejto súvislosti si môže súčasný čitateľ položiť otázku, ako hodnotiť skutočnosť, že J. Kalina sa aktívne podieľal na tejto forme (auto)cenzúry. Hromadne schvaľovali popravu Milady Horákovej,4 požadovali „psovi psiu smrť" počas procesu s členmi „sprisahaneckého centra" Rudolfa Slánskeho, na schôdzach hlasovali za rôzne formy oficiálnej šikany jednotlivcov, ale aj „kulakov", „buržujov" a iných etnických alebo sociálnych vrstiev vtedajšej spoločnosti. Verejne prejavovaný dobrovoľný, ale častejšie vynútený súhlas s potrestaním konkrétnych fyzických osôb znamenal podľa mňa oveľa väčšie poníženie. V takom prípade by síce kniha nevyšla, ale vyhol by sa veľkej časti problémov, do ktorých sa neskôr aj vďaka nej dostal on aj jeho rodina. V tomto prípade život (a „protištátny" vtip) potvrdil, že humor bol v pomeroch totalitných režimov síce veselou, ale často nebezpečnou zložkou vtedajšieho života. Do miestnosti súdu, kde sa cez prestávku v pojednávaní schádzajú všetci strážcovia spravodlivosti, vojde sudca a chytá sa za brucho od smiechu: - Kolegovia, počul som taký skvelý vtip, že ma ide rozhodiť od rehotu. -
Ako sa ukázalo, titul neklamal, ale prím zohrával podtitul diela. Druhým dôvodom je skutočnosť, že Humor som kúpil nie kvôli vede, ale hlavne kvôli humoru, ktorý ma čakal v záverečnej - piatej časti ...knihy. Rozsah kapitoly (26 strán, čo predstavuje takmer 20% celkového textu knihy) je presvedčivým dokladom, že autor pristúpil k problematike s patričnou vážnosťou, ale tiež s primeranou dávkou sebadôvery: „V úvode tejto kapitoly sa treba vyrovnať s faktom, že heretik a ešte k tomu gój píše o židovskom humore. Sem by sa mi hodili (trochu na doplnenie, ale aj ako polemika) názory Efraima K. Sidona, ktoré zverejnil vo svojom novoročnom Listě vrchního rabína (Sidon, 2012: 3). Pri čítaní som sa miestami príjemne pobavil, kým inokedy som sa neubránil tradičnej židovskej reakcii: „... dobrý, ale poznám lepší". PETER SALNER, Ústav etnológie a sociálnej antropológie SAV v Bratislave LITERATÚRA Bonder, N. (2008).
El propósito de este estudio es identificar y comparar las características estructurales, semánticas y culturales de las anécdotas para revelar sus similitudes y diferencias en los idiomas inglés, ...francés y ruso. Basado en el análisis de un pequeño corpus de anécdotas, el presente estudio exploratorio pretende identificar tipos de relaciones léxicas como la homonimia, la polisemia y la paronimia y sus características lingüísticas. Los hallazgos muestran que una característica común del humor nacional ruso, inglés y francés, puede considerarse una crítica.
