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Week # 7 - February 24, 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 March 10, 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.
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