Week # 7 - October 6, 2010

“Thank You for Smoking!”
Social functions of humor. Humor as Social Control and/or Social Conflict.

Diversity focus: Spinning American Culture. Are all non-dominant groups in America protected?
• Analyzing various segments of the American society.
• Americans abroad and perception of various cultures that is carried to the perception of different minority groups within the U.S.A. 

Assignment # 2 (take home to be turned in on October 20, 2010).

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Readings for Weeks #7 & 8:
Koller, R. Marvin: Chapter 2: Sociological Analyses of Humor. In Humor and Society: Explorations in the Sociology of Humor. Houston. 1988. Pp.17-31.

O’Rourke, P.J.: The Piece of Ireland That Passeth All Understanding. Ulster, May 1988. In Give War A Chance. Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind’s Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice and Alcohol-Free Beer. Grove Press.1992. Pp. 25-38.