Making War, Not Love : Gender and Sexuality in Russian Humor

English

ISBN: 0312221290

EAN: 9780312221294

Category: Humor / General

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Release Date: 09/30/1999

Synopsis: One pithy joke encapsulates a world of knowledge about a culture. Because humor plays with the most deeply seated cultural assumptions, it makes visible areas of unacknowledged attitudes and behaviors in private realms. In this groundbreaking study, through the content analysis of over 600 jokes, proverbs, sayings, and popular rhymes, Emil A. Draitser offers an insiders view on the sociological and psychological functions of Russian sexual folklore and the way it reflects male/female relationships. Draitser leaves no dirty joke untold as he examines such taboo subjects as adultery, impotence, and gender and violence. This timely study sheds light on Russian popular culture and the nature of sexual humor everywhere.

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Making War, Not Love : Gender and Sexuality in Russian Humor

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.07 inches

Width: 5.48 inches

Length: 8.58 inches

Weight: 17.28 oz

Pages: 320