Gender and humor: The state of the art

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 38, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 4-25

  Kotthoff, Helga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggressivity; Body politics; Gender; Humor; Indexing; Social alignment; Stand up comedy; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244445145     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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