Table Of ContentENCYCLOPEDIA OF
Humor
Studies
Editorial Board
Editor
Salvatore Attardo
Texas A&M University–Commerce
Managing Editors
Audrey C. Adams
Texas A&M University–Commerce
Hilal Ergül
Texas A&M University–Commerce
Editorial Board
Thomas E. Ford
Western Carolina University
Sharon Lockyer
Brunel University
Owen Hanley Lynch
Southern Methodist University
Moira Marsh
Indiana University–Bloomington
Jessica Milner Davis
University of Sydney
John Morreall
College of William & Mary
Victor Raskin
Purdue University
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
Humor
Studies
Editor
Salvatore Attardo
Texas A&M University–Commerce
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Contents
Volume 1
List of Entries vii
Reader’s Guide xi
About the Editor xix
Contributors xxi
Foreword xxvii
Introduction xxix
Entries
A 1 F 225
B 75 G 253
C 103 H 277
D 193 I 377
E 207 J 407
Volume 2
List of Entries vii
Reader’s Guide xi
Entries
K 431 S 657
L 435 T 747
M 467 U 779
N 541 V 783
O 547 W 793
P 551 X 807
R 619
Appendix A: Chronology 815
Appendix B: Humor Associations and Publications 831
Index 837
List of Entries
Absurdist Humor Burlesque
Advertisement Byzantine Humor
Advertising, Effectiveness of Humor in
Aesthetics Caricature
African Humor. See Akan Humor; Igbo Humor; Carnival and Festival
South African Humor Carnivalesque
Aggressive and Harmless Humor Cartoons
Aging and Humor Cervantes, Miguel de
Akan Humor Cheerfulness, Seriousness, and Humor
Ambiguity Children’s Humor and Giftedness
American Indian Cultures, Humor in Children’s Humor Research
Ancient Egypt, Humor in Children’s Humor Stages
Ancient Greek Comedy Christianity
Ancient Roman Comedy Cinema. See Movies
Anecdote, Comic Clergy
Animal-Related Humor Clowns
Anthropology Clowns in Medical Settings
Anti-Proverb Cognitive Aspects
Anxiety College Humor
Aphorism Comedy
Appreciation of Humor Comedy Ensembles
Arabic Culture, Humor in Comedy of Manners. See Genres and Styles of
Aristophanes Comedy; High Comedy
Aristotelian Theory of Humor Comic Books
Arousal Theory (Berlyne) Comic Frame
Art and Visual Humor Comic Opera
Assyrian and Babylonian Humor Comic Relief
Audience Comic Strips
Audiovisual Translation Comic Versus Tragic Worldviews
Comic World
Benign Violation Theory Commedia dell’Arte
Bergson’s Theory of the Comic Complexity
Biblical Humor Comprehension of Humor
Bisociation Computational Humor
Blackface. See Race, Representations of Confucianism
Blason Populaire Conservatism. See Personality, Humor and
Boccaccio, Giovanni Conversation
Brain, Neuropsychology of Humor Cooperation, Principle of. See Maxim
Buddhism Coping Mechanism
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viii List of Entries
Coulrophobia HBQD. See Humor Styles Measurement
Creativity Health Benefits of Humor, Physical
Cross-Cultural Humor Health Benefits of Humor, Psychological
Crosstalk. See Xiangsheng; Xiangsheng, Heritability
History of High Comedy
Culture High-Context Humor
History of Humor: Classical and Traditional China
Defense Mechanism History of Humor: Early Modern Europe
Depression History of Humor: Medieval Europe
Design History of Humor: Modern and Contemporary
Development of Humor China
Dialect Humor History of Humor: Modern and Contemporary
Disparagement. See Aggressive and Harmless Europe
Humor History of Humor: Modern Japan
Doggerel History of Humor: 19th-Century Europe
History of Humor: Premodern Japan
Education, Humor in History of Humor: Renaissance Europe
E’gao: Culture of Internet Spoofing in China History of Humor: U.S. Frontier
Epigram History of Humor: U.S. Modern and
Ethnic Jokes Contemporary
Ethnicity and Humor Hoax and Prank
Evolutionary Explanations of Humor Hobbesian Theory
Exaggeration Homosexuality, Representation of
HSQ. See Humor Styles Measurement
Fabliau Huaji-ists, The
Factor Analysis of Humor Items Humor, Computer-Generated
Factor Analysis of Humor Scales Humor, Etymology of
Failed Humor Humor, Forms of
Farce Humor and Relational Maintenance
Feast of Fools Humor Content Versus Structure
Film. See Movies Humor Detection
Folklore Humor Generation. See Computational Humor
Fools Humor Group
Foolstowns Humor Markers
Forest of Laughter and Traditional Chinese Humor Mindset
Jestbooks Humor Production
Framing Theory Humor Styles
Freudian/Psychoanalytic Theory Humor Styles Measurement
Humor Styles Questionnaire. See Humor Styles
Gag Measurement
Gallows Humor Humor Theories
Gelotophobia Humorist
Gender and Humor, Psychological Aspects of Humorous Behavior Q-Sort Deck. See Humor
Gender Roles in Humor Styles Measurement
General Theory of Verbal Humor. See Linguistic Humorous Names
Theories of Humor Humorous Stimuli, Characteristics of
Genres and Styles of Comedy
Goldoni, Carlo Identity
Graffiti Igbo Humor
Greek Visual Humor Improv Comedy
GTVH. See Linguistic Theories of Humor Incongruity and Resolution
List of Entries ix
Insult and Invective Movie Humor Types
Intercultural Humor Movies
Internet Humor Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale.
Inversion, Topsy-Turvy See Factor Analysis of Humor Items
Irony Music
Islam Music Hall
Musical Comedy
Jest, Jestbooks, and Jesters
Jewish Humor National and Ethnic Differences
Joke Cycles Native American Cultures, Humor in. See
Jokes American Indian Cultures, Humor in
Joking Relationship Nonsense
Journalism
Judaism Obscenity
Ontological Semantic Theory of Humor. See
Linguistic Theories of Humor
Kyōgen
OSTH. See Linguistic Theories of Humor
Lampoon
Paradox
Laugh, Laughter, Laughing
Parody
Laughter, Psychology of
Pastiche
Laughter and Smiling, Physiology of
Pattern Recognition
Lazzi
Pedagogy
Legal Education
Personality, Humor and
Legal Restriction and Protection of Humor
Persuasion and Humor
Limericks
Philogelos
Linguistic Theories of Humor
Philosophy of Humor
Linguistics
Phonological Jokes
Literature
Pirandello, Luigi
Low Comedy
Platonic Theory of Humor
Plautus
Magazines and Newspapers, U.S. Play and Humor
Magazines and Newspapers Outside the Poetry
United States Pointe
Management Politeness
Marriage and Couples Political Humor
Masks Positive Psychology
Mathematical Humor Postmodern Irony
Mathematics and Humor Practical Jokes
Maxim Prejudice, Humor and
Mechanisms of Humor Presidential Humor
Medieval Visual Humor Psychiatric Disorders
Menander Psychological Distance
Metaphor Psychology
Mime Psychotherapy, Humor in
Mirth Punch Line
Misdirection Puns
Mock Epic Puppets
Mockumentary
Molière Rabelais, François
Monty Python Race, Representations of
