Engaging Humor (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	University of Illinois Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2008
First published:	July 2008
Authors:	Elliott Oring
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-252-07593-3
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Humour > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
LSN:	0-252-07593-5
Barcode:	9780252075933

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