Good Humor, Bad Taste

Download or read book Good Humor, Bad Taste written by Giselinde Kuipers and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2006 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Good Humor, Bad Taste is the first extensive sociological study of the relationship between humor and social background. Using a combination of interview materials, survey data, and historical materials, the book explores the relationship between humor and gender, age, social class, and national differences in the Netherlands and the United States. The exploration of social differences in sense of humor starts off from one specific, and not very prestigious, humorous genre: the joke. Good Humor, Bad Taste explains why jokes are good humor to some, bad taste to others."--BOOK JACKET.