The importance of being funny : why we need more jokes in our lives /: why we need more jokes in our lives. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Al Gini.
• Authors: Gini, Al, 1944-
• Contents: Acknowledgments; Prologue; ; Chapter 1: A Brief, Highly Selective, And Somewhat Fallacious History of Humor and Joke Telling; Chapter 2: How Do You Make Funny? So, What’s a Joke?; Chapter 3: Comedy and Coping with Reality; Chapter 4: Dirty Jokes, Tasteless Jokes, Ethnic Jokes; Chapter 5: Conversations with a Colleague about Humor and Ethics; Chapter 6: Philogagging: Humor in the Classroom and Beyond; ; Epilogue; Notes; Suggested Readings/Humor and Comedy; Index; About the Author
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustration (black and white)
• Subjects: 152.43; Laughter -- History; Wit and humor -- History; Joking -- Social aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781442281776
• Related ISBNs: 9781442281769
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