Hardcover with DJ. Navy cloth over boards with gold lettering on spine. Title and copyright pages dated 1987. 161 pages. Good condition. DJ is purple with orange lettering. Shows signs of shelf wear with light rubbing and a small tear (bottom edge of spine, less than .5 inch). Boards are clean with little sign of use. Front free end paper inscribed by the editor, Arthur Power Dudden: "For Michael H. Cardozo, Esq. who for a long time has been forced to endure my own labored attempts at American humor, with my warmest, appreciative and most respectful regards, Arthur Power Dudden." Binding is stiff; pages are bright and clean.

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Title: American Humor
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 1987
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0195042123
ISBN 13: 9780195042122
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Good

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The paramount question answered in this absorbing collection of essays is: What's so funny about American humor, and why? What are American humor's characteristics? How have they evolved and displayed themselves? Which characteristics are distinctively, or even uniquely, American? Originally appearing as an issue of the American Quarterly, these essays take a close look at American humor from revolutionary times to the present day, and particularly focus on the neglected trends of the past fifty years. Looking at American comic figures as diverse--and even surprising--as Mark Twain and Richard Nixon, at various vehicles for American humor such as comic strips, radio and television, movies, and standup comedians, and at different genres of humor including political, ethnic, and feminist humor, this book brings a lively new perspective to the study of American culture.

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These essays, with one addition, take a close look at American humor from revolutionary times to the present day, and focus particularly on the neglected trends of the past fifty years.

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