The game of humor : a comprehensive theory of why we laugh /: a comprehensive theory of why we laugh. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Charles R. Gruner.
• Other Names: Gruner, Charles R
• Contents: 1. Win Or Lose: The Games We Play -- 2. Conflict in Daily Life -- 3. Drollery in Death, Destruction, and Disaster -- 4. Comic Scripts: Laughing at People, Groups, and Concepts -- 5. Sexual, Sexist, and Scatological Humor -- 6. The Special Case of Puns: Wordplay is a Game to be Won, Too -- 7. The Mirage of "Innocent" Humor.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (226 pages)
• Subjects: 128/.3; Laughter; Wit and humor -- Psychological aspects; Laughter; Wit and humor -- Psychological aspects; Humor (grappigheden); Lachen; Humor; Risa; Humorismo -- Aspectos psicológicos
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351482370; 1351482378
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.