Engaging humor / Elliott Oring.

In Engaging Humor, Elliott Oring asks essential questions concerning humorous expression in contemporary society, examining how humor works, why it is employed, and what its messages might be. This provocative book is filled with examples of jokes and riddles that reveal humor to be a meaningful--ev...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Oring, Elliott, 1945-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2003]
Subjects:	Wit and humor > History and criticism. Comic, The. Wit and humor. Criticism, interpretation, etc.