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Publication details [#55134]

Abrams, Jessica R. and Amy Bippus. 2011. An Intergroup Investigation of Disparaging Humor. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 30 (2) : 93–201.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

gender | humor | intergroup communication | joke

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper uses an intergroup perspective to explore scornful humor. In particular, it examines the in-group favoritism/out-group rejection dogma of social identity theory within the framework of disdainful gender-based jokes.