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Week # 15 - December 4, 2008
"Q: What did the blonde
name her pet zebra? A: Spot."
Hate and absurdity humor.
Social inequality and stereotyping.
Readings for Week 15:
Berger, Arthur Asa: Huckleberry Finn as a Novel of the Absurd: Making Sense of an Existential Hero. In Anatomy of Humor. Transaction Publishers. 1998. Pp. 145-154.
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Gruner, Charles, R: Drollery in Death, Destruction and Disaster. In Game of Humor. Transaction Publishers. 1997. Pp. 13-70.
Oring, Elliott: The Senses of Humor. Joke Thoughts. The Humor of Hate. Blonde Ambitions and Other Signs of the Times. In Engaging Humor. University of Illinois Press. 2003. Pp. 13-70.
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