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Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
1975
Description
This essay develops a conceptual framework accounting for the
potential of humor to enhance social cohesion. A typology of
humor is advanced and the constructed types are successively
related to the respective types of solidarity deriving from the
incidence of humor and the cognitive mechanisms responsible for
the emergent fellow-feeling . Beyond explicating the confederating
influence of humor. this essay explores the effects of three
structural attributes of joking relations upon the nature of
the emergent solidarity; these are, the social status of the wit,
the nature of the vocalized humor, and, the orientation of the
auditors towards their group. The influence of these structural
variables upon the cohering potential of humor is considered.
In the process of formulating a conceptual scheme explicating
the confederating impact of humor as well as assessing the
influence of extraneous elements upon this potential the
findings of previous humor research are appraised in the light
of the advanced argument.
potential of humor to enhance social cohesion. A typology of
humor is advanced and the constructed types are successively
related to the respective types of solidarity deriving from the
incidence of humor and the cognitive mechanisms responsible for
the emergent fellow-feeling . Beyond explicating the confederating
influence of humor. this essay explores the effects of three
structural attributes of joking relations upon the nature of
the emergent solidarity; these are, the social status of the wit,
the nature of the vocalized humor, and, the orientation of the
auditors towards their group. The influence of these structural
variables upon the cohering potential of humor is considered.
In the process of formulating a conceptual scheme explicating
the confederating impact of humor as well as assessing the
influence of extraneous elements upon this potential the
findings of previous humor research are appraised in the light
of the advanced argument.
Language
Type
Form
Extent
138 p.
Subject (Topical)
Identifier
13756
Additional Information
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1975.
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Date Backup
1975
Date Text
1975
Date Issued (EDTF)
1975
Extension
FAU
FAU
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FADT13756
Issuance
monographic
Organizations
Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Attributed name: Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Attributed name: Department of Sociology
Person Preferred Name
KHOURY, ROBERT MICHAEL.
Graduate College
Physical Description
138 p.
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Title Plain
ANALYSIS OF THE CONFEDERATING FUNCTION OF HUMOR
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Origin Information
1975
monographic
Boca Raton, Fla.
Florida Atlantic University
Physical Location
Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Place
Boca Raton, Fla.
Sub Location
Digital Library
Title
ANALYSIS OF THE CONFEDERATING FUNCTION OF HUMOR
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ANALYSIS OF THE CONFEDERATING FUNCTION OF HUMOR