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Lewis, Paul, 1949-

Title Cracking up : American humor in a time of conflict / Paul Lewis.

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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	817.5409 L588c 2006	---	Axe Inventory 2024

Description	240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-226) and index.
Contents	"One, Two, Freddy's Coming for You" Killing Jokes of the 1980s and 1990s -- Red Noses at the Ready! The Positive Humor Movement -- Shut Up! No, You Shut Up! Fighting with and about Humor -- Ridicule to Rule The Strange Case of Geography.
Subject	American wit and humor -- History and criticism.
	United States -- Civilization -- 1970-
ISBN	0226476995 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9780226476995 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard No.	YDXCP 2434518
	NZ1 10711775
	AU@ 000040104376