Gender and humor in social context

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1413-1430

  Crawford, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Community of practice; Feminism; Gender construction; Humor; Male female differences; Social context

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038037762     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-2166(02)00183-2     Document Type: Article

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