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ERIC Number: EJ243712
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981
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Political Uses of Humor.
Webb, Ronald G.
ETC: A Review of General Semantics, v38 n1 p35-50 Spr 1981
Introduces a theoretical framework applicable to the political and social uses made of humor. Focuses on the uses individuals make of jokes and joking in relation to the constant interchange involved between institutional stability and social change. (FL)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Humor, Language Usage, Politics, Semantics, Social Attitudes, Theories
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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