| Engaging Humor Contributor(s): Oring, Elliott (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252075935 ISBN-13: 9780252075933 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2008 Annotation: Exploring the structure, motives, and meanings of humor in everyday life |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Humor - Humor - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
| Dewey: 809.7 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.70 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Elliott Oring asks essential questions concerning humorous expression in contemporary society, examining how humor works, why it is employed, and what its messages might be. This provocative book is filled with examples of jokes and riddles that reveal humor to be a meaningful--even significant--form of expression. Oring provides alternate ways of thinking about humorous expressions by examining their contexts--not just their contents. Engaging Humor demonstrates that when analyzed contextually and comparatively, humorous expressions emerge as communications that are startling, intriguing, and profound. |