SCHEDULE

Week # 12 - November 5, 2012
My culture, not yours!
Ethnic humor: its nature and functions. Popularity and demise. Part 2.

Week # 13 - November 12, 2012
EXAM #2 (in class).
You are allowed to bring with you an index card (3 X 5) with your notes (only on one side of the card). You can use it during your exam (2 hrs., no lecture after the exam). Don’t forget to bring a “blue book” (Bookstore).

Week # 14 - November 19, 2012
“Three clergymen – one Catholic, one Jewish, and one Episcopalian…”
Religious humor: sacred vs secular. Between appropriateness and hostility. Part 1.

Week # 15 - November 26, 2012
“Three clergymen – one Catholic, one Jewish, and one Episcopalian…”
Religious humor: sacred vs secular. Between appropriateness and hostility. Part 2.

Week # 16 - December 2, 2012
“Sex and the City.”
Gender, sexuality and sexual inequality in humor. Aggression and power.

Week # 17 - December 9, 2012
EXAM #3 (in class).
You are allowed to bring with you an index card (3 X 5) with your notes (only on one side of the card). You can use it during your exam (2 hrs., no lecture after the exam). Don’t forget to bring a “blue book” (Bookstore).