Over the edge? Subversive humor between colleagues and friends

Humor

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-87

  Holmes, Janet ^a   Marra, Meredith ^a  

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EID: 0038749889     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/humr.2002.006     Document Type: Article

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