Dangerous Jokes: How Racism and Sexism Weaponize Humor

by Claire Horisk People often get away with belittling others if they frame their speech as jokes-speech that would be condemned if stated seriously. “It’s just a joke,” they say. But what is different or special about joking? And if jokes about lawyers and politicians are morally acceptable, then what is wrong with joking about race […]
In on the Joke: The Ethics of Humor and Comedy (De Gruyter Studies in Philosophy of Humor, 4)

Who is morally permitted to tell jokes about Jews? Poles? Women? Only those in the group? Only those who would be punching up? Anyone, since they are just jokes? All of the standard approaches are too broad or too narrow. In on the Joke provides a more sophisticated approach according to which each person possesses “joke capital” […]
The Language of Jokes in The Digital Age. Like/Share/Lol
The Language of Jokes in The Digital Age. Like| Share | Lol By: Delia Chiaro Delia Chiaro dalam buku ini memaparkan bahasa lelucon dunia di era digital. Bagaimana perkembangannya dari waktu ke waktu serta fakta yang menjelaskan bahwa kompresi ruang dan waktu yang mendampingi teknologi modern telah memunculkan pengaturan dan cara-cara bercanda baru termasuk […]
Joke-Performance in Africa
Joke-Performance in Africa: Mode, Media and Meaning (Routledge Contemporary Africa) 1st Edition, e-Book by Ignatius Chukwumah (Editor) Jokes have always been part of African culture, but never have they been so blended with the strains and gains of the contemporary African world as today. Joke-Performance in Africa describes and analyses the diverse aesthetics, forms, and […]
Jokes
Jokes: Have a Laugh and Improve Your English (Easy English!) 1st ed. 2018 Edition by Adrian Wallwork (Author) Jokes are a perfect format for learning vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, and grammar. Jokes are also designed to be retold. If you learn a joke by heart and tell it to other people, then by doing so you […]
Beyond a Joke
Beyond a Joke: Inside the Dark Minds of Stand-Up Comedians Paperback – September 3, 2012 by Bruce Dessau (Author) It is not a normal person who wants to go onstage and make thousands of strangers laugh every night—this celebration of comedy by a veteran comedy critic is also a story of lives lived to excess
The Language of Jokes
The Language of Jokes: Analyzing Verbal Play (Interface) 1st Edition by Delia Chiaro (Author) In this highly readable and thought-provoking book, Delia Chiaro explores the pragmatics of word play, using frameworks normally adopted in descriptive linguistics. Using examples from personally recorded conversations, she examines the structure of jokes, quips, riddles and asides.
I Only Roast the Ones I Love
I Only Roast the Ones I Love: How to Bust Balls Without Burning Bridges Paperback – June 1, 2010 by Jeffrey Ross (Author) One of the world’s foremost practitioners of insult comedy, Jeffrey Ross has memorably and uproariously roasted some of our favorite celebrities. Part memoir and part how-to guide, I Only Roast the Ones […]
Cracking Jokes
Cracking Jokes: Studies of Sick Humor Cycles & Stereotypes Paperback – January 26, 2017 by Alan Dundes (Author), Marc Galanter (Foreword) The 30th Anniversary Edition is a candid academic treatment of offensive and sick humor by the leading folklorist scholar on the topic of jokes and joke cycles. It features insightful, surprising, controversial and thought-provoking […]
The Language of Jokes
The Language of Jokes in the Digital Age Viral Humour By Delia Chiaro © 2018 – Routledge Paperback: 9780415835190 pub: 2017-12-05 Description In this accessible book, Delia Chiaro provides a fresh overview of the language of jokes in a globalized and digitalized world. The book shows how, while on the one hand the lingua-cultural nuts […]