{"product_id":"humor-identity-and-belonging-stephen-j-moody-9783110759716","title":"Humor, Identity, and Belonging: Constructing the Foreign in American-Japanese Interaction","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book presents an ethnographic perspective on the intersection of humor, identity, and belonging. Based on recorded interactions between Americans and Japanese, it explores how beliefs and stereotypes surrounding gaijin 'foreigner' identities create various types of humor such as mockery, sarcasm, and conversational jokes. Through this analysis, the study also discusses how identity-focused humor impacts participants' understandings of interculturality and social belonging. In particular, it argues that while \"being an outsider\" can be marginalizing, humor allows cultural differences to become a basis for developing inclusion and social unity, in part through the recognition of shared norms and values. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen J. Moody\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3110759713\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783110759716\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.10w x 0.63d","brand":"Stephen J. Moody","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46140895396095,"sku":"9783110759716","price":130.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f3244143-238f-4441-acec-02856dd3eab8.jpg?v=1726597340","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/humor-identity-and-belonging-stephen-j-moody-9783110759716","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}