SCHEDULE

Week # 8 - June 10, 2010
"My culture, not yours! Ethnic humor: its nature and functions. Popularity and demise. 

EXAM # 2!!! (take home (to be turned in on June 22, 2010).
Assignment # 3 (take home -- to be turned in June 22, 2010).

Week # 9 - June 15, 2010
"Sex and the City." Gender, sexuality and sexual inequality in humor.
Assignment #4 (take home; to be turned in on July 27, 2010).

Week # 10 - June 17, 2010
"Three clergymen - one Catholic, one Jewish, and one Episcopalian…"
Religious humor: sacred vs secular. Sacred clowns and not-so-sacred jokes. Between appropriateness and hostility.
Assignment #5 (take home; to be turned in on July 27, 2010).

Week # 11 - June 22, 2010
"Q: What did the blonde name her pet zebra? A: Spot."
Hate and absurdity humor. Social inequality and stereotyping.

EXAM #3!!! (take home; to be turned in on July 27, 2010).