Joking Asides: The Theory, Analysis, and Aesthetics of Humor

by Elliott Oring

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Nothing in the understanding of humor is as simple as it might seem. In Joking Asides, Elliott Oring confronts the problems of humor, analyzing the key contemporary approaches to its study and addressing controversial topics with new empirical data and insights.

A folklorist drawn to the study of humor, Oring developed his formulation of "appropriate incongruity" as a frame to understand what jokes must do to produce humor. He tests...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1607324911

ISBN13:9781607324911

Release Date:September 2016

Publisher:Utah State University Press

Length:268 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Age Range:18 years and up

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