Author: Larry Wilde
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780523401478
Category : Polish people
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The Last Official Polish Joke Book
Author: Larry Wilde
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780523401478
Category : Polish people
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780523401478
Category : Polish people
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The Absolutely Last Official Polish Joke Book
Author: Larry Wilde
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 9780553254761
Category : Polish people
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 9780553254761
Category : Polish people
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The Official Polish Joke Book/the Official Italian Joke Book
Author: Larry Wilde
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 9781558177376
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 9781558177376
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Official Polish Joke Book
Author: Larry Wilde
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 9780523418858
Category : Ethnic wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 9780523418858
Category : Ethnic wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The Official Jewish/Irish Joke Book
Author: Larry Wilde
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780523404127
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780523404127
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Polish Joke
Author: David Ives
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822219569
Category : Polish Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
THE STORY: A comedy about ethnic identity and the eternal American search for roots. Jasiu (thirtyish) is a Polish-American who has been taught not to value his own roots, so he decides to make his own roots, reinventing himself first as a sort o
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822219569
Category : Polish Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
THE STORY: A comedy about ethnic identity and the eternal American search for roots. Jasiu (thirtyish) is a Polish-American who has been taught not to value his own roots, so he decides to make his own roots, reinventing himself first as a sort o
Truly Tasteless Jokes
Author: Blanche Knott
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345329201
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
The original is back. TRULY TASTELESS JOKES took America by storm and made it laugh at itself. It's all in here, disgusting, repulsive, cruel, and just plain tasteless jokes and stories that will make you smile, laugh, or groan--and love every minute of it.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345329201
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
The original is back. TRULY TASTELESS JOKES took America by storm and made it laugh at itself. It's all in here, disgusting, repulsive, cruel, and just plain tasteless jokes and stories that will make you smile, laugh, or groan--and love every minute of it.
The Mirth of Nations
Author: Christie Davies
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351479377
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
The Mirth of Nations is a social and historical study of jokes told in the principal English-speaking countries. It is based on use of archives and other primary sources, including old and rare joke books. Davies makes detailed comparisons between the humor of specific pairs of nations and ethnic and regional groups. In this way, he achieves an appreciation of the unique characteristics of the humor of each nation or group.A tightly argued book, The Mirth of Nations uses the comparative method to undermine existing theories of humor, which are rooted in notions of hostility, conflict, and superiority, and derive ultimately from Hobbes and Freud. Instead Davies argues that humor merely plays with aggression and with rule-breaking, and that the form this play takes is determined by social structures and intellectual traditions. It is not related to actual conflicts between groups. In particular, Davies convincingly argues that Jewish humor and jokes are neither uniquely nor overwhelmingly self-mocking as many writers since Freud have suggested. Rather Jewish jokes, like Scottish humor and jokes are the product of a strong cultural tradition of analytical thinking and intelligent self-awareness.The volume shows that the forty-year popularity of the Polish joke cycle in America was not a product of any special negative feeling towards Poles. Jokes are not serious and are not a form of determined aggression against others or against one's own group. The Mirth of Nations is readable as well as revisionist. It is written with great clarity and puts forward difficult and complex arguments without jargon in an accessible manner. Its rich use of examples of all kinds of humor entertains the reader, who will enjoy a great variety of jokes while being enlightened by the author's careful explanations of why particular sets of jokes exist and are immensely popular. The book will appeal to general readers as well as those in cultural stu
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351479377
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
The Mirth of Nations is a social and historical study of jokes told in the principal English-speaking countries. It is based on use of archives and other primary sources, including old and rare joke books. Davies makes detailed comparisons between the humor of specific pairs of nations and ethnic and regional groups. In this way, he achieves an appreciation of the unique characteristics of the humor of each nation or group.A tightly argued book, The Mirth of Nations uses the comparative method to undermine existing theories of humor, which are rooted in notions of hostility, conflict, and superiority, and derive ultimately from Hobbes and Freud. Instead Davies argues that humor merely plays with aggression and with rule-breaking, and that the form this play takes is determined by social structures and intellectual traditions. It is not related to actual conflicts between groups. In particular, Davies convincingly argues that Jewish humor and jokes are neither uniquely nor overwhelmingly self-mocking as many writers since Freud have suggested. Rather Jewish jokes, like Scottish humor and jokes are the product of a strong cultural tradition of analytical thinking and intelligent self-awareness.The volume shows that the forty-year popularity of the Polish joke cycle in America was not a product of any special negative feeling towards Poles. Jokes are not serious and are not a form of determined aggression against others or against one's own group. The Mirth of Nations is readable as well as revisionist. It is written with great clarity and puts forward difficult and complex arguments without jargon in an accessible manner. Its rich use of examples of all kinds of humor entertains the reader, who will enjoy a great variety of jokes while being enlightened by the author's careful explanations of why particular sets of jokes exist and are immensely popular. The book will appeal to general readers as well as those in cultural stu
More of the Official Polish Italian Joke Book
Author: Larry Wilde
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 9780523419886
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 9780523419886
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Official Polish-Italian Joke Book
Author: Larry Wilde
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 9781558170308
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 9781558170308
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description