{"product_id":"the-humor-prism-in-20th-joseph-boskin-9780814325971","title":"The Humor Prism in 20th Century American Society","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Humor Prism in Twentieth-Century America explores to what extent and in what ways American humor in the twentieth century reflects history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do some jokes evaporate after the telling while others are transmitted to subsequent generations? Just what property of humor allows it to touch diverse members of a culture at a given time? As a penetrating and refracting angle of history, humor illuminates the expectations and contradictions of society, its anxieties and confusions, and permits perspective into any historic moment. The Humor Prism in Twentieth-Century America explores to what extent and in what ways American humor in the twentieth century reflects history, examining the dynamics and disguised messages behind humor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first section of this volume concentrates on patterns of humor in the twentieth century. Section two looks at the power and politics of women's humor, and at multicultural humor. The final section presents and evaluates the major joke cycles from the post-World War II period to the 1990s as responses to profound social and economic change, such as Polish jokes and JAP jokes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Boskin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814325971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814325971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.06w x 0.63d","brand":"Joseph Boskin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926425600255,"sku":"9780814325971","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ff3cf24f-d445-4695-ba54-207e5b0675e2.jpg?v=1681083019","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-humor-prism-in-20th-joseph-boskin-9780814325971","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}