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008 161221s2017 mdu 001 0 eng
010 _a 2016057922
020 _a9781442281769 (cloth : alk. paper)
042 _apcc
040 _aDLC
_beng
_erda
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_bG56 2017
082 0 0 _a152.4/3
_223
100 1 _aGini, Al,
_d1944-
245 1 4 _aThe importance of being funny /
_cAl Gini.
263 _a1707
264 1 _aLanham, Md :
_bRowman & Littlefield,
_c2017.
300 _apages cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aA brief, highly selective, and somewhat fallacious history of humor and joke telling -- How do you make funny? so, what's a joke? -- Comedy and coping with reality -- Dirty jokes, tasteless jokes, ethnic jokes -- Conversations with a colleague about humor and ethics -- Philogagging: humor in the classroom and beyond.
650 0 _aLaughter
_xHistory.
650 0 _aWit and humor
_xHistory.
650 0 _aJoking
_xSocial aspects.
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aGini, Al, 1944- author.
_tImportance of being funny
_dLanham, Md : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017
_z9781442281776
_w(DLC) 2017026633
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