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Engaging Humor
Book Details
Author(s)Elliott Oring
PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press
ISBN / ASIN0252075935
ISBN-139780252075933
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank3,547,775
CategoryHumor
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
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.













