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Durant, John and Jonathan Miller, eds. 1988. Laughing matters: A serious look at humour. Halsted.
Publication type
Book – edited volume
Publication language
English
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This volume constitutes a quite varied collection of articles on humor. The topics addressed include: laughter as a reflex to cognitive experience; humor and victims of strokes; an outline of Freud's discussion of wit, jokes and humor; the joking of national groups about other national groups; child humor; clowns and fools.

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