Book Review. Oring, Elliot (2016). Joking Asides: The Theory, Analysis and Aesthetics of Humour. University Press of Colorado.
Joking Asides: The Theory, Analysis and Aesthetics of Humour is a collection of twelve essays on humour, and more specifically on jokes, written by Elliot Oring, professor emeritus of anthropology and folklorist. In this review, I try to present his work, briefly sketching the author’s main positio...
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Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies
2017-11-01
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Series: | The European Journal of Humour Research |
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Online Access: | https://www.europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/187 |