Author: Davis, Murray S.
Title: What's So Funny? The Comic Conception of Culture and Society
Description: Chicago, University of Chicago Press, (1993). orig. cloth, dustwrapper. 23x15cm, xiv,386 pp. Textual illustrations. Minor rubbing, VG. ¶ Contents: The Comic Attack on Culture: Wit's Weapons: Incongruity and Ambiguity: Unstable Meanings; Irrational Logics; Indistinct Beings; The Comic Attack on Society: Wit's Weapons: Anomaly and Actuality: Atypical Actors; Atypical Actions; Incompetent Functioning; Inauthentic Presentations; Incompatible Selves; Conclusion.

Keywords: Psychology of Humor, Jokes, Wit, Comedy, Comedians, Criticism, Social Theory, ,