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Full Title

American Humor 1st Edition
Author(s)

Arthur Power Dudden
Edition

1st Edition
ISBN

9780195364675, 9780195042122, 9780195050547
Publisher

Oxford University Press
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

The paramount question answered in this absorbing collection of essays is: What’s so funny about American humor, and why? What are American humor’s characteristics? How have they evolved and displayed themselves? Which characteristics are distinctively, or even uniquely, American? Originally appearing as an issue of the American Quarterly, these essays take a close look at American humor from revolutionary times to the present day, and particularly focus on the neglected trends of the past fifty years. Looking at American comic figures as diverse–and even surprising–as Mark Twain and Richard Nixon, at various vehicles for American humor such as comic strips, radio and television, movies, and standup comedians, and at different genres of humor including political, ethnic, and feminist humor, this book brings a lively new perspective to the study of American culture.

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