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Japanese Humour

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  • © 1997

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Authors:
  1. Marguerite Wells

    1. University of Wollongong, Australia

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Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. The Rules of Humour

    • Marguerite Wells
    Pages 1-4

  3. The Ethics of Humour

    • Marguerite Wells
    Pages 5-19

  4. Early Japanese Ideas of Humour

    • Marguerite Wells
    Pages 20-46

  5. Ideas of Humour in the Meiji Era

    • Marguerite Wells
    Pages 47-109

  6. Ideas of Humour since the Meiji Era

    • Marguerite Wells
    Pages 110-162

  7. Postscript

    • Marguerite Wells
    Pages 163-164

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 165-196
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About this book

This is not a book of jokes. It is about how people make rules about humour: rules about what humour is, what it is not, what it should and should not be, when it should and should not be used, what type of humour is permissible and what type forbidden, what is good and bad about humour, what should be considered funny and what should not. The book offers a framework for a general understanding of why and how societies make rules about the use of humour, and how those rules affect patterns of communication and the development of humour and comedy.

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  • University of Wollongong, Australia

    Marguerite Wells

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MARGUERITE WELLS

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