GAME OF HUMOR : a comprehensive theory of why we laugh
Humor, wit, and laughter surround each person. From everyday quips to the carefully contrived comedy of literature, newspapers, and television we experience humor in many forms, yet the impetus for our laughter is far from innocuous
Print Book, English, 2017
ROUTLEDGE, [Place of publication not identified], 2017
9781138535855, 1138535850
1003693833
Introduction; 1: Win Or Lose: The Games We Play; 2: Conflict in Daily Life; 3: Drollery in Death, Destruction, and Disaster; 4: Comic Scripts: Laughing at People, Groups, and Concepts; 5: Sexual, Sexist, and Scatological Humor; 6: The Special Case of Puns: Word play is a Game to be Won, Too.; 7: The Mirage of “Innocent” Humor