Encyclopedia of Humor Studies
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Encyclopedia of Humor Studies

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The Encyclopedia of Humor: A Social History explores the concept of humor in history and modern society in the United States and internationally. This work’s scope encompasses the humor of children, adults, and evennonhuman primates throughout the ages, from crude jokes and simple slapstick to sophisticated word play and ironic parody and satire.As an academic social history, it includes the perspectives of a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, child development, social psychology, life style history, communication, and entertainment media.Readers will develop an understanding of the importance of humor as it has developed globally throughout history and appreciate its effects on child and adult development, especially in the areas of health, creativity, social development, and imagination. This two-volume set is available in both print and electronic formats. Features & Benefits:

  • The General Editor also serves as Editor-in-Chief of HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research for The International Society for Humor Studies.
  • The book’s 335 articles are organized in A-to-Z fashion in two volumes (approximately 1,000 pages).
  • This work is enhanced by an introduction by the General Editor, a Foreword, a list of the articles and contributors, and a Reader’s Guide that groups related entries thematically.
  • A Chronology of Humor, a Resource Guide, and a detailed Index are included.
  • Each entry concludes with References/Further Readings and cross references to related entries.
  • The Index, Reader’s Guide themes, and cross references between and among related entries combine to provide robust search-and-browse features in the electronic version.

This two-volume, A-to-Z set provides a general, non-technical resource for students and researchers in such diverse fields as communication and media studies, sociology and anthropology, social and cognitive psychology, history, literature and linguistics, and popular culture and folklore.

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Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Year
2014
ISBN
9781483364711
Edition
1
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Communication Studies
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Editorial Board
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. About the Editor
  8. Contributors
  9. Foreword
  10. Introduction
  11. A
  12. Absurdist Humor
  13. Advertisement
  14. Advertising, Effectiveness of Humor in
  15. Aesthetics
  16. African Humor
  17. Aggressive and Harmless Humor
  18. Aging and Humor
  19. Akan Humor
  20. Ambiguity
  21. American Indian Cultures, Humor in
  22. Ancient Egypt, Humor in
  23. Ancient Greek Comedy
  24. Ancient Roman Comedy
  25. Anecdote, Comic
  26. Animal-Related Humor
  27. Anthropology
  28. Anti-Proverb
  29. Anxiety
  30. Aphorism
  31. Appreciation of Humor
  32. Arabic Culture, Humor in
  33. Aristophanes
  34. Aristotelian Theory of Humor
  35. Arousal Theory (Berlyne)
  36. Art and Visual Humor
  37. Assyrian and Babylonian Humor
  38. Audience
  39. Audiovisual Translation
  40. B
  41. Benign Violation Theory
  42. Bergson's Theory of the Comic
  43. Biblical Humor
  44. Bisociation
  45. Blackface
  46. Blason Populaire
  47. Boccaccio, Giovanni
  48. Brain, Neuropsychology of Humor
  49. Buddhism
  50. Burlesque
  51. Byzantine Humor
  52. C
  53. Caricature
  54. Carnival and Festival
  55. Carnivalesque
  56. Cartoons
  57. Cervantes, Miguel de
  58. Cheerfulness, Seriousness, and Humor
  59. Children's Humor and Giftedness
  60. Children's Humor Research
  61. Children's Humor Stages
  62. Christianity
  63. Cinema
  64. Clergy
  65. Clowns
  66. Clowns in Medical Settings
  67. Cognitive Aspects
  68. College Humor
  69. Comedy
  70. Comedy Ensembles
  71. Comedy of Manners
  72. Comic Books
  73. Comic Frame
  74. Comic Opera
  75. Comic Relief
  76. Comic Strips
  77. Comic Versus Tragic Worldviews
  78. Comic World
  79. Commedia Dell’Arte
  80. Complexity
  81. Comprehension of Humor
  82. Computational Humor
  83. Confucianism
  84. Conservation
  85. Conversation
  86. Cooperation, Principle of
  87. Coping Mechanism
  88. Coulrophobia
  89. Creativity
  90. Cross-Cultural Humor
  91. Crosstalk
  92. Culture
  93. D
  94. Defense Mechanism
  95. Depression
  96. Design
  97. Development of Humor
  98. Dialect Humor
  99. Disparagement
  100. Doggerel
  101. E
  102. Education, Humor in
  103. E’gao: Culture of Internet Spoofing in China
  104. Epigram
  105. Ethnic Jokes
  106. Ethnicity and Humor
  107. Evolutionary Explanations of Humor
  108. Exaggeration
  109. F
  110. Fabliau
  111. Factor Analysis of Humor Items
  112. Factor Analysis of Humor Scales
  113. Failed Humor
  114. Farce
  115. Feast of Fools
  116. Film
  117. Folklore
  118. Fools
  119. Foolstowns
  120. Forest of Laughter and Traditional Chinese Jestbooks
  121. Framing Theory
  122. Freudian/Psychoanalytic Theory
  123. G
  124. GAG
  125. Gallows Humor
  126. Gelotophobia
  127. Gender and Humor, Psychological Aspects of
  128. Gender Roles in Humor
  129. General Theory of Verbal Humor
  130. Genres and Styles of Comedy
  131. Goldoni, Carlo
  132. Graffiti
  133. Greek Visual Humor
  134. GTVH
  135. H
  136. HBQD
  137. Health Benefits of Humor, Physical
  138. Health Benefits of Humor, Psychological
  139. Heritability
  140. High Comedy
  141. High-Context Humor
  142. History of Humor: Classical and Traditional China
  143. History of Humor: Early Modern Europe
  144. History of Humor: Medieval Europe
  145. History of Humor: Modern and Contemporary China
  146. History of Humor: Modern and Contemporary Europe
  147. History of Humor: Modern Japan
  148. History of Humor: 19th-Century Europe
  149. History of Humor: Premodern Japan
  150. History of Humor: Renaissance Europe
  151. History of Humor: U.S. Frontier
  152. History of Humor: U.S. Modern and Contemporary
  153. Hoax and Prank
  154. Hobbesian Theory
  155. Homosexuality, Representation of
  156. HSQ
  157. Huaji-ists, The
  158. Humor, Computer-Generated
  159. Humor, Etymology of
  160. Humor, Forms of
  161. Humor and Relational Maintenance
  162. Humor Content Versus Structure
  163. Humor Detection
  164. Humor Generation
  165. Humor Group
  166. Humor Markers
  167. Humor Mindset
  168. Humor Production
  169. Humor Styles
  170. Humor Styles Measurement
  171. Humor Styles Questionnaire
  172. Humor Theories
  173. Humorist
  174. Humorous Behavior Q-Sort Deck
  175. Humorous Names
  176. Humorous Stimuli, Characteristics of
  177. I
  178. Identity
  179. Igbo Humor
  180. Improv Comedy
  181. Incongruity and Resolution
  182. Insult and Invective
  183. Intercultural Humor
  184. Internet Humor
  185. Inversion, Topsy-Turvy
  186. Irony
  187. Islam
  188. J
  189. Jest, Jestbooks, and Jesters
  190. Jewish Humor
  191. Joke Cycles
  192. Jokes
  193. Joking Relationship
  194. Journalism
  195. Judaism
  196. K
  197. Kyōgen
  198. L
  199. Lampoon
  200. Laugh, Laughter, Laughing
  201. Laughter, Psychology of
  202. Laughter and Smiling, Physiology of
  203. Lazzi
  204. Legal Education
  205. Legal Restriction and Protection of Humor
  206. Limericks
  207. Linguistic Theories of Humor
  208. Linguistics
  209. Literature
  210. Low Comedy
  211. M
  212. Magazines and Newspapers, U.S.
  213. Magazines and Newspapers Outside the United States
  214. Management
  215. Marriage and Couples
  216. Masks
  217. Mathematical Humor
  218. Mathematics and Humor
  219. Maxim
  220. Mechanisms of Humor
  221. Medieval Visual Humor
  222. Menander
  223. Metaphor
  224. Mime
  225. Mirth
  226. Misdirection
  227. Mock Epic
  228. Mockumentary
  229. Molière
  230. Monty Python
  231. Movie Humor Types
  232. Movies
  233. Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale
  234. Music
  235. Music Hall
  236. Musical Comedy
  237. N
  238. National and Ethnic Differences
  239. Native American Cultures, Humor in
  240. Nonsense
  241. O
  242. Obscenity
  243. Ontological Semantic Theory of Humor
  244. Osth
  245. P
  246. Paradox
  247. Parody
  248. Pastiche
  249. Pattern Recognition
  250. Pedagogy
  251. Personality, Humor and
  252. Persuasion and Humor
  253. Philogelos
  254. Philosophy of Humor
  255. Phonological Jokes
  256. Pirandello, Luigi
  257. Platonic Theory of Humor
  258. Plautus
  259. Play and Humor
  260. Poetry
  261. Pointe
  262. Politeness
  263. Political Humor
  264. Positive Psychology
  265. Postmodern Irony
  266. Practical Jokes
  267. Prejudice, Humor and
  268. Presidential Humor
  269. Psychiatric Disorders
  270. Psychological Distance
  271. Psychology
  272. Psychotherapy, Humor in
  273. Punch Line
  274. Puns
  275. Puppets
  276. R
  277. Rabelais, François
  278. Race, Representations of
  279. Rakugo
  280. Reactions to Humor, Non-Laughter
  281. Reception of Humor
  282. Reframing
  283. Relationships, Nonromantic
  284. Release Theories of Humor
  285. Religion
  286. Resolution
  287. Reversal Theory
  288. Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices
  289. Riddle
  290. Ritual Clowns
  291. Rituals of Inversion
  292. Rituals of Laughter
  293. Roman Visual Humor
  294. Romantic Comedy
  295. S
  296. Sanskrit Humor
  297. Sarcasm
  298. Satire
  299. Satire News
  300. Satyr Play
  301. Scatology
  302. Schwank
  303. Science, Science Fiction, and Humor
  304. Screwball Comedy
  305. Script Opposition
  306. Script-Based Semantic Theory of Humor
  307. Second Language Acquisition
  308. Semantic Script Theory of Humor
  309. Semantics
  310. SenryĹŤ
  311. Sense of Humor, Components of
  312. Sexuality
  313. Shakespearean Comedy
  314. Share
  315. Sick Humor
  316. Simple Form
  317. Sitcoms
  318. Sketch Comedy Shows
  319. Slapstick
  320. Smiling and Laughter: Expressive Patterns
  321. Social Interaction
  322. Social Network
  323. Sociology
  324. South African Humor
  325. South American Literature, Humor in
  326. Southeast Asia, Cartooning in
  327. Speech Play
  328. Spoofing
  329. Spoonerism
  330. Sports
  331. SSTH
  332. Stand-Up Comedy
  333. Stereotypes
  334. Stress
  335. Subversive Humor
  336. Supreme Court
  337. Surprise
  338. T
  339. Tall Tale
  340. Taoism
  341. Targets of Humor
  342. Teachers' Evaluations, Effect of Humor Use in Classroom on
  343. Teasing
  344. Test Measurements of Humor
  345. Testing and Evaluation
  346. 3 WD Humor Test
  347. Tickling
  348. Tom Swifty
  349. Tragicomedy
  350. Translation
  351. Travesty
  352. Trickster
  353. U
  354. Urban Legends
  355. Uses and Gratifications Theory
  356. V
  357. Variety Shows
  358. Vaudeville
  359. Verbal Dueling
  360. Verbal Humor
  361. W
  362. Wellerism
  363. Witz
  364. Workplace Control
  365. Workplace Humor
  366. Workplace Productivity
  367. Workplace Resistance
  368. X
  369. Xeroxlore
  370. Xiangsheng
  371. Xiangsheng, History of
  372. Xiehouyu
  373. Appendix A: Chronology
  374. Appendix B: Humor Associations and Publications
  375. Index