Research Catalog

Title

Understanding humor in Japan / edited by Jessica Milner Davis.

Publication

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2006.

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Additional Authors

Davis, Jessica Milner.

Description

xiii, 249 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Humor in life and letters series

Uniform Title

Humor in life and letters.

Subjects

• East and West
• Japanese wit and humor > History and criticism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-231) and index.

Contents

Introduction / Jessica Milner Davis -- 1. Laughter and the traditional Japanese smile / Shokichi Oda -- 2. Osaka's culture of laughter / Hiroshi Inoue -- 3. A Ritual performance of laughter in Southern Japan / Goh Abe -- 4. Manzai: Team comedy in Japan's entertainment industry / Joel F. Stocker -- 5. Sha-re: A Widely accepted form of Japanese wordplay / Heiyo Nagashima -- 6. Conversational jokes in Japanese and English / Makiko Takekuro -- 7. Rakugo and humor in Japanese interpersonal communication / Kimie Oshima -- 8. Forgotten women: Two Kyoka poets of the Temmei Era / Rokuo Tanaka -- 9. Farce and satire in Kyogen / Marguerite A. Wells and Jessica Milner Davis -- 10. Senryu: Japan's short comic poetry / Masashi Kobayashi -- 11. Humor in Japanese newspapers / Hiroshi Inoue -- 12. Satire and constraint in Japanese culture / Martuerite A. Wells.

Call Number

JFE 07-1858

ISBN

• 0814331653 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780814331651 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2005007612

OCLC

58563264

Title

Understanding humor in Japan / edited by Jessica Milner Davis.

Imprint

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2006.

Series

Humor in life and letters series

Humor in life and letters.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-231) and index.

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Added Author

Davis, Jessica Milner.

Research Call Number

JFE 07-1858