Cracking Up American Humor in a Time of Conflict

Name: Cracking Up American Humor in a Time of Conflict
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ISBN: 9780226476995

ISBN-10: 0226476995

ISBN-13: 9780226476995

Edition: 2006

Authors: Paul Lewis

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What do Jon Stewart, Freddy Krueger, Patch Adams, and George W. Bush have in common? As Paul Lewis shows in Cracking Up, they are all among the ranks of joke tellers who aim to do much more than simply amuse. Exploring topics that range from the sadistic mockery of Abu Ghraib prison guards to New Age platitudes about the healing power of laughter, from jokes used to ridicule the possibility of global climate change to the heartwarming performances of hospital clowns, Lewis demonstrates that over the past thirty years American humor has become increasingly purposeful and embattled.nbsp; Navigating this contentious world of controversial, manipulative, and disturbing laughter, Cracking Up…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/2/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 0.62" wide x 0.91" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Introduction



"One, Two, Freddy's Coming for You": Killing Jokes of the 1980s and 1990s



Red Noses at the Ready!: The Positive Humor Movement



Shut Up! No, You Shut Up!: Fighting with and About Humor



Ridicule to Rule: The Strange Case of George W. Bush


Conclusion


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index