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Humor Research Series

Closely associated with the Society's journal, the Humor Research series offers am international and multidisciplinary forum for the publication of high quality booklength manuscripts on humor as an important and universal human faculty. The Humor Research Series draws upon a wide range of academic disciplines, including advertising, anthropology, linguistics, medicine, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and women' studies.

For additional information, visit the Humor Research Series website at Mouton DeGruyter.

                

Current Volumes in the Humor Research Series

Linguistic Theories of Humor (1994)

Author: Salvatore Attardo

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The Basic Humor Process (1999)

Author: Robert L. Latta

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Techniques of Satire (1994)

Author: Emil A. Draitser

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Humorous Texts (2001)

Author: Salvatore Attardo

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The Sense of Humor (1998/2007)

Editor: Willibald Ruch
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Good Humor, Bad Taste (July 2006)

Author: Giselinde Kuipers

Jokes and their Relation to Society (1998)

Author: Christie Davies

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The Primer of Humor Research (Forthcoming)

Editor: Victor Raskin

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Humor Studies Books

The following are a selection of recent humor studies books, written or edited by ISHS members. These books represent works in the areas of psychology, linguistics, sociology, literary analysis, child development, and psychotherapy. Clicking on a book cover will open the publisher's webpage for a book. Publisher webpages will typically include pricing and ordering information. You can also view sample pages for selected titles by clicking the Google book link.

         

Art and Laughter

Sheri Klein

Published by I. B. Tauris (Palgrave-McMillian)
www.ibtauris.com
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The Importance of Not Being Earnest:

The Feeling Behind Laughter & Humor

Wallace Chafe

Published by John Benjamins
www.benjamins.com

50% discount available to ISHS members.

Beyond a Joke: The Limits of Humour

Sharon Lockyer & Michael Pickering (Eds.)

Published by Palgrave McMillian

www.palgrave.com

Kids who Laugh

Louis Franzini

Published by Square One
www.squareonepublishers.com
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Comedy, Tragedy, and Religion
John Morreall
Published by SUNY Press
www.sunypress.org

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The Linguistic Analysis of Jokes

Graeme Ritchie

Published by Routledge
www.routledge.co.uk

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Cracking Up:
American Humor in Time of Conflict

Paul Lewis
Published by University of Chicago Press
www.press.uchicago.edu

cover of Lowering the Bar is black, with an illustration of a blue man with a briefcase crushed by a white anvil, inscribed with a lawyer joke

Lowering the Bar:

Lawyer Jokes and Legal Culture

Marc Galanter

Published by University of Wisconsin Press

www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress
30% discount available to ISHS members.

Encyclopedia of 20th-Century American Humor
Alleen Pace Nilsen & Don L. F. Nilsen
Published by Greenwood Press

www.greenwood.com
Choice Outstanding Academic Book, 2000

The Mirth of Nations

Christie Davies

Published by Transaction Publishers

www.transactionpub.com

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Engaging Humor
Elliott Oring
Published by the Univ. of Illinois Press
www.press.uillinois.edu 
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Mocking the Age:

The Later Novels of Philip Roth

Elaine B. Safer
Published by SUNY Press
www.sunypress.org 

Essays On Luso-Hispanic Humor Book

Essays on Luso-Hispanic Humor

Paul W. Seaver (Editor)

Published by Edwin Mellen Press

www.mellenpress.com

The Power of Laughter

Eric Weitz

Published by Carysfort Press

www.carysfortpress.com

Farce

Jessica Milner Davis

Published by Transaction Press

www.transactionpub.com
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The Psychology of Humor

Rod A. Martin

Published by Academic Press/Elsevier

books.elsevier.com

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The Function of Humor in Roman Verse Satire

Maria Plaza

Published by Oxford University Press

www.oup.com

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Understanding and Promoting the
Development of Children's Humor

Paul E. McGhee

Published by Kendall/Hunt Publishing

www.kendallhunt.com

Humor and Wellness in Clinical Intervention

Waleed A. Salameh & William F. Fry, Jr.
Published by Praeger Press

www.praeger.com

Understanding Humor in Japan

Jessica Milner Davis (Editor)

Published by Wayne State Univ. Press

wsupress.wayne.edu

Humor Theory

Igor Krichtafovitch

Published by Outskirt Press
www.outskirtspress.com

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When Congress Makes a Joke

Dean Yarwood

Published by Rowman & Littlefield

www.rowmanlittlefield.com

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I'll Be Sober in the Morning:

Great Political Comebacks, Putdowns, & Ripostes

Edited by Chris Lamb

Published by Frontline Press
www.frontlineltd.com

Writing Humor:

Creativity and the Comic Mind
Mary Ann Rishel
Published by Wayne State Univ Press

wsupress.wayne.edu

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ISHS Newsletters

The International Society for Humor Studies is pleased to provide to its members access to its Newsletter online and, in consultation with Mouton DeGruyter, pre-2006 issues of our Newsletter that also appeared in the Society's journal, HUMOR: International Journal for Humor Research. For more information on our journal, please visit the Journal pages on the ISHS or the Mouton DeGruyter websites.

Current members, to access pre-2008 issues of the Newsletter, you must enter your 2008 ISHS password.

       

Volume 21:  Winter & Spring 2008
Volume 20:   Winter 2007      Spring 2007      Summer 2007     Fall 2007

Volume 19:   Winter 2006      Spring 2006      Summer 2006     Fall 2006

Volume 18:   Winter 2005 (One issue only)

Volume 17:   Winter 2004 & Spring 2004       Summer 2004      Fall 2004 

Volume 16:   Winter 2003     Spring 2003      Summer 2003      Fall 2003

Volume 15:   Winter 2002     Spring 2002      Summer 2002      Fall 2002

Volume 14:   Winter 2001     Spring 2001      Summer 2001      Fall 2001

Volume 13:   Winter 2000     Spring 2000      Summer 2000      Fall 2000

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