Alienation: A laughing matter

Humor

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-345

  Mauldin, R Kirk ^a  

^a LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alienation; Humor; Jokes; Meaninglessness; Methodology; Workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949105203     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: 16133722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HUMOR.2008.015     Document Type: Article

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