Elliott Oring asks essential questions concerning humorous expression in contemporary society, examining how humor works, why it is employed, and what its messages might be. This provocative book is filled with examples of jokes and riddles that reveal humor to be a meaningful--even significant--form of expression. Oring provides alternate ways of thinking about humorous expressions by examining their contexts--not just their contents. Engaging Humor demonstrates that when analyzed contextually and comparatively, humorous ...
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Elliott Oring asks essential questions concerning humorous expression in contemporary society, examining how humor works, why it is employed, and what its messages might be. This provocative book is filled with examples of jokes and riddles that reveal humor to be a meaningful--even significant--form of expression. Oring provides alternate ways of thinking about humorous expressions by examining their contexts--not just their contents. Engaging Humor demonstrates that when analyzed contextually and comparatively, humorous expressions emerge as communications that are startling, intriguing, and profound.
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VG- in na jacket. Some rubbing & edgewear; some creases; a little underlining/margin notes; some yellowing; otherwise overall clean & tight. 208 pages.
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Good Condition in Good jacket. The text appears clean, the last 3/4 of the pages have a brown stain on the upper corner. The Dust Jacket is in good condition. Has a name inside the front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Humor; ISBN: 0252027868. ISBN/EAN: 9780252027864. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560794256.