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- catalog abstract "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. Misfortune, stupidity, and moral or cultural defects, however faintly revealed in others and ourselves, seem to make us laugh. Although discomforting, such negative terms as superiority, aggression, hostility, ridicule, or degradation can be applied to instances of humor. According to scholars, Thomas Hobbes's "superiority theory"--That humor arises from mischances, infirmities, and indecencies, where there is no wit at all -- applies to most humor. With the exception of good-natured play, Charles R. Gruner claims that humor is rarely as innocent as it first appears.".
- catalog alternative "Theory of why we laugh".
- catalog contributor b10284295.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "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: Wordplay is a Game to be Won, Too -- 7. The Mirage of "Innocent" Humor.".
- catalog description "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. Misfortune, stupidity, and moral or cultural defects, however faintly revealed in others and ourselves, seem to make us laugh. Although discomforting, such negative terms as superiority, aggression, hostility, ridicule, or degradation can be applied to instances of humor. According to scholars, Thomas Hobbes's "superiority theory"--That humor arises from mischances, infirmities, and indecencies, where there is no wit at all -- applies to most humor. With the exception of good-natured play, Charles R. Gruner claims that humor is rarely as innocent as it first appears.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "197 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "1560003138 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction,".
- catalog subject "128/.3 21".
- catalog subject "BF575.L3 G78 1997".
- catalog subject "Laughter.".
- catalog subject "Wit and humor Psychological aspects.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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: Wordplay is a Game to be Won, Too -- 7. The Mirage of "Innocent" Humor.".
- catalog title "The game of humor : a comprehensive theory of why we laugh / Charles R. Gruner.".
- catalog title "Theory of why we laugh".
- catalog type "text".