TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gini,Al
TI  - The importance of being funny
SN  - 9781442281769 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - BF575.L3 G56 2017
U1  - 152.4/3 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Lanham, Md
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield
KW  - Laughter
KW  - History
KW  - Wit and humor
KW  - Joking
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - Includes index; A brief, highly selective, and somewhat fallacious history of humor and joke telling -- How do you make funny? so, what's a joke? -- Comedy and coping with reality -- Dirty jokes, tasteless jokes, ethnic jokes -- Conversations with a colleague about humor and ethics -- Philogagging: humor in the classroom and beyond
ER  -