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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Humor studies"”.
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The educative potential of humor
… dissertation explores the educative potential of humor through the lens of the concept of incongruity. Drawing on two definitions of humor grounded in the Incongruity Theory of humor, I argue humor is educative in both instrumental and existential ways. Drawing on literature in philosophy, …
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The Performance of Intersectionality on the 21st Century Stand-Up Comedy Stage
… Black feminist scholar bell hooks called for humor to be utilized as political weaponry in the current, post-1990s wave of intersectional activism at the National Women’s Studies Association conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her call continues to challenge current stand-up comics to …
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Metamodern Satire in Contemporary American Literature and Television
… for the emergence of a new, attendant mode of humor, simultaneously characterized by irreverent cynicism and sincere optimism.
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“The most popular humorist who ever lived” : Mark Twain and the transformation of American culture
… 1882, as he transformed from the regional “wild humorist of the Pacific Slope” to a national and international celebrity who William Dean Howells called “the most popular humorist who ever lived.” This dissertation considers “Mark Twain” not as the name of a literary author, but as a fictional …