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Books on: humor subconscious

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Beyond Laughter: Humor and the Subconscious

Book by Martin Grotjahn; McGraw-Hill, 1966

Subjects:

Laughter, Subconsciousness, Wit and humor--Psychology

Collections: Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...psychoanalysis. Beyond Laughter Humor and the Subconscious Martin Grotjahn, M.D. McGraw-Hill...when children develop a sense of humor, do not wait until you get to...psychoanalysis and jokes and humor and the comic, about amusement...
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Semites and Stereotypes: Characteristics of Jewish Humor

Book by Avner Ziv, Anat Zajdman; Greenwood Press, 1993

Subjects:

Jewish Wit And Humor--History And Criticism, Jewish Wit And Humor--Psychological Aspects, Jews In Literature, Jews--Humor--History And Criticism

Collections: Entire Library

This interdisciplinary collection of essays assesses Jewish humor as a subject of serious scholarly inquiry. Scholars from England, France, the United States, Denmark, Israel, and Australia explore Jewish humor from a variety of perspectives, including anthropology, literature, psychology ...
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This interdisciplinary collection of essays assesses Jewish humor as a subject of serious scholarly inquiry. Scholars from England, France, the United States, Denmark, Israel, and Australia explore Jewish humor from a variety of perspectives, including anthropology, literature, psychology, sociology, and religion. Individual essays focus on linkages with language, religion, and historical traditions; study characteristics such as gallows humor, self-disparagement, and stereotyping; analyze distinctions between humor in Israel and in the diaspora; and discuss the contributions of Jewish humorists and comic performers and Jewish theorists of humor.
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Laugh and Learn: 95 Ways to Use Humor for More Effective Teaching and Training

Book by Doni Tamblyn; AMACOM, 2003

Subjects:

Employees--Training Of, Humor In Business

Collections: Education, Entire Library

laugh and learn 95 ways to use humor for more effective teaching and training laugh and learn 95 ways to use humor for more effective teaching and training...Doni. Laugh and learn : 95 ways to use humor for more effective teaching and training...
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Crackerbox Philosophers in American Humor and Satire

Book by Jennette Reid Tandy; Columbia University Press, 1925

Subjects:

American Wit And Humor, Drama, Humorists, American

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...cannot be gathered at this date from the subconscious mind of the Southern slaveholder. The...established convention the stock of Southern humor. ____________________ 2 Kennedy...contains a large quantity of southwestern humor. The classic tale of the famous coonskin...
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Encyclopedia of 20th-Century American Humor

Book by Alleen Pace Nilsen, Don L. F. Nilsen; Oryx Press, 2000

Subjects:

American Wit And Humor--20th Century--Encyclopedias

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Who says you can't have a serious reference work on humor? This new resource offers a broad look at humor with more than 100 well-written and entertaining entries. Scholarly in nature, yet enjoyable to read, the Encyclopedia examines several aspects of humor, such as: styles of humor, subjects of ...
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Who says you can't have a serious reference work on humor? This new resource offers a broad look at humor with more than 100 well-written and entertaining entries. Scholarly in nature, yet enjoyable to read, the Encyclopedia examines several aspects of humor, such as: styles of humor, subjects of comedy, media methods, academic endeavors, humor in society, historical aspects. This volume celebrates a century of twists and turns in American humor.
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Journal Articles on: humor subconscious

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Humor and Administration: A Serious Inquiry into Unofficial Organizational Communication

Journal article by Dean L. Yarwood; Public Administration Review, Vol. 55, 1995

Subjects:

Business communication--Analysis, Wit and humor--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...to the spontaneity of human nature. As with Henri Bergson, humor results when something mechanical, in this case bureaucracy...big world Outside stood in judgment of their behavior and subconscious thoughts. McMurphy ridiculed these sessions irreverently characterizing...
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Humor as a Double-Edged Sword: Four Functions of Humor in Communication

Journal article by John C. Meyer; Communication Theory, Vol. 10, 2000

Subjects:

Communication, Information Theory

Collections: Entire Library

...elaborations of the relief theory hold that humor may result from releases of energy that subconsciously overcome sociocultural inhibitions...M. ( 1957 ). Beyond laughter: Humor and the subconscious . New York: McGraw-Hill. Gruner...
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The Unconfirmed Thesis: Kurt Vonnegut, Black Humor, and Contemporary Art

Journal article by Max F. Schulz; Critique, Vol. 12, 1971

Subjects:

Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism

Collections: Entire Library

...nature has sacramental wholeness and his subconscious fear that caprice rather than order prevails...metaphysics of dissonance. In much Black Humor fiction this dissonance has become a conscious...neat nonverbal equivalents of the Black Humor penchant for giving an air of contingency...
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Humor in the Colonial Promotional Tract: Topics and Techniques

Journal article by Leslie A. Wardenaar; Early American Literature, Vol. 9, 1975

Subjects:

American Literature--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775, American Literature--Revolutionary Period, 1775-1783

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the tall tale, the most diversified and frequent mode of humor, is the most significant indicator of this self-image. Appearing...promoters sense of a separate identity and their wish, however subconscious, to express this sense to a "foreign" audience. Spurred by...
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Dirty Tricks and Wordy Jokes: The Politics of Recollection in 'A Farewell to Arms.'

Journal article by Craig Kleinman; The Hemingway Review, Vol. 15, 1995

Subjects:

A Farewell to Arms (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Absurd (Philosophy)--Literature, Hemingway, Ernest--Works, War and literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Wit and humor in literature--Analysis

Collections: Philosophy, Literature, Entire Library

...pain and adapt to absurdity. Through humor a false "idol that society and people have...the price of life. By squeezing out the humor in his recollection, Henry begins to come...slapstick begins again, with purely physical humor, when Fredric feels a rib snap on his forehead...

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Magazine Articles on: humor subconscious

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Misanthrope's Corner

Magazine article by Florence King; National Review, Vol. 52, June 5, 2000

Subjects:

Cold War--Humor and anecdotes, Conservatism--Humor and anecdotes, Coulter, Ann--Humor and anecdotes, Gonzalez, Elian--Media coverage, Pruden, Wesley--Humor and anecdotes, The Washington Times (Newspaper)--Humor and anecdotes

Collections: Entire Library

...womens issues to speak of and no soccer moms to speak to. The Cold War was their raison detre and The Eliad exposed their subconscious wish that the USSR will rise again. Nobody can be a scapegoat as long as Janet Reno without garnering some sympathy. I...
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Follow the Quirk

Magazine article by Florence King; National Review, Vol. 46, January 24, 1994

Subjects:

Clinton, Hillary Rodham--Humor and anecdotes, Health care reform--Humor and anecdotes, Medical professions--Humor and anecdotes, Physicians--Humor and anecdotes

Collections: Entire Library

...Co. are the New Jacobins. I suspect that the entire health-care agenda is nothing more than camouflage for a wish--perhaps subconscious, perhaps not--to storm hospitals like so many Bastilles, overthrow the medical profession, and symbolically send doctors...
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I'd Rather Smoke Than Kiss

Magazine article by Florence King; National Review, Vol. 42, July 9, 1990

Subjects:

Antismoking movement--Humor and anecdotes, Smokers--Personal narratives, Smoking--Humor and anecdotes

Collections: Entire Library

...Schadenfreude: pleasure in the unhappiness of others. It has always been the chief subconscious motivation of Puritans, but the smokists harbor several other subconscious motivations that are too egregious to bear close examination--which is precisely...
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The Misanthrope's Corner

Magazine article by Florence King; National Review, Vol. 49, May 19, 1997

Subjects:

American national characteristics--Humor and anecdotes, National characteristics, American--Humor and anecdotes, Nihilism--Humor and anecdotes

Collections: Entire Library

...ailments are the mark of an aristocrat and outright decrepitude is found only in royal houses. Pulsing through the American subconscious is the passionate conviction that everybodys got a right to the Wittlesbach Taint and whatever it was that hit every third...
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Willy/Woody

Magazine article by Barbara Ehrenreich; The Nation, Vol. 257, July 5, 1993

Subjects:

Allen, Woody--Humor and anecdotes, Clinton, Bill--Humor and anecdotes

Collections: Entire Library

...their physicians and shrinks. No wonder, when he wanted a date, he could think of nowhere to look but the nursery. At the subconscious level of the Zeitgeist all things are connected, so we should have grasped the link between Clinton and Allen more than a...

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Newspaper Articles on: humor subconscious

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Bush Comedy Act Wows 'Em at Press Dinner

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 1, 2006

Subjects:

Colbert, Stephen

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...hasnt affected his sense of humor. The comic in chief killed...year. Bush impersonator and "subconscious alter-ego" Steve Bridges teamed...it a "sophisticated" bit of humor. "It had exactly the right...have just won the Olympics of humor, and then sat down." *Social...
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'American Dreamz' Flinches for Punch; in Troubled Times, Laughter Is Right Elixir, Director Says

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 20, 2006

Subjects:

Weitz, Paul

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...doesnt want to be Michael Moore 2.0. Hes just following his subconscious, to hear him tell it. "I had this weird feeling being told...message of "Pie" - if you can overlook the gallons of gross-out humor and sexual innuendo. Mr. Weitz proved his career was more...
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What's Your Halloween Costume's Sign? Let Zodiac Guide You to Perfect Alter Ego

Newspaper article by Joyce Jillson; The Washington Times, October 29, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...easiest way to do so was to dress up in garb that revealed the subconscious side of your personality. People in the Middle Ages didnt...seemed corny in the past, but now, coupled with your sense of humor, they or a clown outfit can make you imminently more approachable...
4.

Movies; Mini-Reviews

Newspaper article by Gary Arnold; The Washington Times, December 14, 2000

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...concerned. Eavesdropping on their subconscious prompts him to take advantage...vehicle was sporting enough to humor her vulgarity. The most discouraging...pace that enhanced incidental humor and youthful gusto. A persuasive...punctuated by morbid and gory humor; the science-fiction context...
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Our LINCOLN Fixation; in Search of What the Man Stood For

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 17, 2007

Subjects:

Lincoln, Abraham

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Lincoln-haters for cheap laughs. Yet there is much enjoyable humor as the two sides of the battle for Richmonds cultural soul go...Here again, Mr. Ferguson deftly melds solid reporting and sly humor during his stop at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: humor subconscious

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GÓmez De La Serna, RamÓn

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Serna was a precursor of surrealism. He sought to express the subconscious and portrayed modern man as a mannequin. He invented the...a kind of surrealist metaphor in epigram form combining humor and poetic insight. Two collections of these are his Flor...

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