The Game of Humor: A Comprehensive Theory of Why We Laugh
Editorial Reviews
Jennings Bryant, director, Institute for Communication Research, The University of Alabama
"Joining the likes of Plato, Aristotle, and Thomas Hobbes, Charles Gruner proposes a new superiority theory of humor. Gruner makes a major contribution in extending the conceptualization of humor to that of a participatory game in which there are clear winners or losers. Teachers will find that this book strikes many responsive chords, because Gruner shares a lifetime of personal experience in teaching with and about humor. For years pundits have claimed that humor dies when placed under the scalpel of scholarly inquiry. They obviously have not read Charles R. Gruner's The Game of Humor. Enlivened by a lifetime of amusing anecdotes and an integrated collection of jokes from throughout the ages, this extension of superiority theories is both scholarly and scintillating."
Peter Derks, professor of psychology, College of William and Mary
"Gruner's description of humor as a game with winners, losers, and spectators certainly makes superiority theory more palatable. His discussion is both scholarly and personal. It is also highly entertaining. In the game of humor studies this book is a winner."
The Game of Humor: A Comprehensive Theory of Why We Laugh
The Game of Humor: A Comprehensive Theory of Why We Laugh,Charles Gruner,Charles R. Gruner,Transaction Publishers,0765806592,Communication,General,Literary Criticism,Literature: Classics,Movements - Humanism,Philosophy,Psychology Of Humor,Cognition & cognitive psychology,Communication Studies,Cultural studies,Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication,Physiological & neuro-psychology,Social & cultural anthropology,Culture Studies
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