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Among the questions posed by this collection of essays are: What are the characteristics of American humor? How have they evolved and expressed themselves? What elements are distinctively or uniquely American?

Title American humor / Arthur Power Dudden, editor.
Publisher New York, New York
Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press
Creation Date 1987
Notes Some essays previously published in the American quarterly, spring 1985, v. 37, no. 1.
English
Content Contents
Introduction: American Humor
English Satire and Connecticut Wit
The Importance of Mark Twain
The Record of Political Humor
What's So Funny About the Comics?
Standup Comedy as Social and Cultural Mediation
Ethnic Humor: Subversion and Survival
Humor and Gender Roles: The Funny Feminism of the Post-World War Two Suburbs
Richard Nixon as a Comic Figure
Extent 1 online resource (180 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©1987
National Library system number 997010710899305171
MARC RECORDS
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