Week # 6 - February 17, 2010
How many anthropologists does it take to screw in a light-bulb? Culture codes and conceptualization of humor. Conditional and non-conditional jokes.
Diversity focus: Laughing at or with America?
• Internal and external perception of the American culture.
• Conceptualizing American "icons" and different marketing strategies.
• Can non-Americans understand American humor (e.g., American football culture)?
Assignment # 1 (take home; to be turned in on March 3, 2010).

Readings for Week 6: 
Berger, Arthur Asa: Introduction: Humor, Psyche and Society.  In An Anatomy of
Humor. Transaction Publishers. 1998. Pp. 1-13.
Berger, Arthur Asa: A Glossary of the Techniques of Humor: Morphology of the Joke Tale. In An Anatomy of Humor.Transaction Publishers. 1998. Pp. 15-55.
Cohen, Ted: Jokes. Philosophical Thoughts on Joking Matters. The University of
Chicago Press. 1999. 
Rapaille, Clotaire: Introduction. The Birth of Notion. In The Culture Code. Broadway Books. 2006. Pp. 1-28.