The Primer of Humor Research: Read First! (Humor Research [Hr])

The book is intended to provide a definitive view of the field of humor research for both beginning and established scholars in a variety of fields who are developing an interest in humor and need to familiarize themselves with the available body of knowledge. Each chapter of the book is devoted to an important aspect of humor research or to a disciplinary approach to the field, and each is written by the leading expert or emerging scholar in that area. There are two primary motivations for the book. The positive one is to collect and summarize the impressive body of knowledge accumulated in humor research in and around __Humor: The International Journal of Humor Research__. The negative motivation is to prevent the embarrassment to and from the "first-timers," often established experts in their own field, who venture into humor research without any notion that there already exists a body of knowledge they need to acquire before publishing anything on the subject-unless they are in the business of reinventing the wheel and have serious doubts about its being round! The organization of the book reflects the main groups of scholars participating in the increasingly popular and high-powered humor research movement throughout the world, an 800 to 1,000-strong contingent, and growing. The chapters are organized along the same lines: History, Research Issues, Main Directions, Current Situation, Possible Future, Bibliography-and use the authors' definitive credentials not to promote an individual view, but rather to give the reader a good comprehensive and condensed view of the area.

The book is intended to provide a definitive view of the field of humor research for both beginning and established scholars in a variety of fields who are developing an interest in humor and need to familiarize themselves with the available body of knowledge. Each chapter of the book is devoted to an important aspect of humor research or to a disciplinary approach to the field, and each is written by the leading expert or emerging scholar in that area.

There are two primary motivations for the book. The positive one is to collect and summarize the impressive body of knowledge accumulated in humor research in and around Humor: The International Journal of Humor Research. The negative motivation is to prevent the embarrassment to and from the "first-timers," often established experts in their own field, who venture into humor research without any notion that there already exists a body of knowledge they need to acquire before publishing anything on the subject-unless they are in the business of reinventing the wheel and have serious doubts about its being round!

The organization of the book reflects the main groups of scholars participating in the increasingly popular and high-powered humor research movement throughout the world, an 800 to 1,000-strong contingent, and growing. The chapters are organized along the same lines: History, Research Issues, Main Directions, Current Situation, Possible Future, Bibliography-and use the authors' definitive credentials not to promote an individual view, but rather to give the reader a good comprehensive and condensed view of the area.

Theory Of Humor And Practice Of Humor Research : Editor's Notes And Thoughts / Victor Raskin -- Psychology Of Humor / Willibald Ruch -- A Primer For The Linguistics Of Humor / Salvatore Attardo -- Undertaking The Comparative Study Of Humor / Christie Davies -- Humor In Anthropology And Folklore / Elliott Oring -- Philosophy And Religion / John Morreall -- Literature And Humor / Alleen And Don Nilsen -- Humor And Popular Culture / Lawrence E. Mintz -- Historical Views Of Humor / Amy Carrell -- Computational Humor : Beyond The Pun? / Christian F. Hempelmann -- The Sociology Of Humor / Giselinde Kuipers -- Beyond Wit And Persuasion : Rhetoric, Composition, And Humor Studies / Tarez Samra Graban -- Applications Of Humor : Health, The Workplace, And Education / John Morreall -- Humor And Health / Rod A. Martin -- Humor In Literature / Katrina E. Triezenberg -- Communication And Humor / Dineh Davis -- Verbally Expressed Humor And Translation / Delia Chiaro -- Cartoons : Drawn Jokes? / Christian F. Hempelmann And Andrea C. Samson. Edited By Victor Raskin. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Frontmatter Contents Theory of humor and practice of humor research: Editor’s notes and thoughts Psychology of humor A primer for the linguistics of humor Undertaking the comparative study of humor Humor in anthropology and folklore Philosophy and religion Literature and humor Humor and popular culture Historical views of humor Computational humor: Beyond the pun? The sociology of humor Beyond “Wit and Persuasion”: Rhetoric, composition, and humor studies Applications of humor: Health, the workplace, and education Humor and health Humor in literature Communication and humor Verbally expressed humor and translation Cartoons: Drawn jokes? Backmatter The book provides a definitive view of the field of humor research for both beginning and established scholars in a variety of fields who are developing an interest in humor and need to familiarize themselves with the available body of knowledge. Each chapter of the book is devoted to an important aspect of humor research or to a disciplinary approach to the field, and each is written by the leading expert or emerging scholar in that area.