"Good Humor, Bad Taste is the first extensive sociological study of the relationship between humor and social background. Using a combination of interview materials, survey data, and historical materials, the book explores the relationship between...
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"Good Humor, Bad Taste is the first extensive sociological study of the relationship between humor and social background. Using a combination of interview materials, survey data, and historical materials, the book explores the relationship between humor and gender, age, social class, and national differences in the Netherlands and the United States. The exploration of social differences in sense of humor starts off from one specific, and not very prestigious, humorous genre: the joke. Good Humor, Bad Taste explains why jokes are good humor to some, bad taste to others."--BOOK JACKET
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-285) and index
Translation of: Goede humor, slechte smaak with revised material and added chapter
Ch. 1.Introduction : jokes, humor, and tasteCh. 2.The joke : genesis of an oral genreCh. 3.Joke telling as communication styleCh. 4.The humor divide : class, age, and humor stylesCh. 5.The logic of humor stylesCh. 6.The repertoire : Dutch joke cultureCh. 7.Temptation and transgressionCh. 8.Sense and sociabilityCh. 9.National humor styles : joke telling and social background in the United StatesCh. 10.Conclusion : sociology and the jokeApp. 1.The jokes used in the Dutch surveyApp. 2.Dutch humorists and television programs.
