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The Secret Land
(Paperback)
Patrick Sheils; Cover design or artwork by Robert R. Sanders; Edited by Shawn Aveningo Sanders
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R296
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Jokes and Targets takes up an appealing and entertaining topic
the social and historical origins of jokes about familiar targets
such as rustics, Jewish spouses, used car salesmen, and dumb
blondes. Christie Davies explains why political jokes flourished in
the Soviet Union, why Europeans tell jokes about American lawyers
but not about their own lawyers, and why sex jokes often refer to
France rather than to other countries. One of the world s leading
experts on the study of humor, Davies provides a wide-ranging and
detailed study of the jokes that make up an important part of
everyday conversation."
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