Self-effacing wit as a response to oppression: Dynamics in ethnic humor

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 119-142

  Juni, Samuel ^a   Katz, Bernard ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defense mechanisms; Jewish wit; Marginality; Masochistic humor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; HUMOR; JEW; MASOCHISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; SELF CONCEPT;

DEFENSE MECHANISMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; JEWS; MASOCHISM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELF CONCEPT; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 0035321925     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221300109598903     Document Type: Article

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