Practically Joking

Author : Moira Marsh
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 0874219841
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practically Joking written by Moira Marsh and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Practically Joking, the first full-length study of the practical joke, Moira Marsh examines the value, artistry, and social significance of this ancient and pervasive form of vernacular expression. Though they are sometimes dismissed as the lowest form of humor, practical jokes come from a lively tradition of expressive play. They can reveal both sophistication and intellectual satisfaction, with the best demanding significant skill and talent not only to conceive but also to execute. Practically Joking establishes the practical joke as a folk art form subject to critical evaluation by both practitioners and audiences, operating under the guidance of local aesthetic and ethical canons. Marsh studies the range of genres that pranks comprise; offers a theoretical look at the reception of practical jokes based on “benign transgression”—a theory that sees humor as playful violation—and uses real-life examples of practical jokes in context to establish the form’s varieties and meanings as an independent genre, as well as its inextricable relationship with a range of folklore forms. Scholars of folklore, humor, and popular culture will find much of interest in Practically Joking.

Author : Moira Marsh
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1457195364
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practically Joking written by Moira Marsh and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2015-06-22 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Practically Joking, the first full-length study of the practical joke, Moira Marsh examines the value, artistry, and social significance of this ancient and pervasive form of vernacular expression. Though they are sometimes dismissed as the lowest form of humor, practical jokes come from a lively tradition of expressive play. They can reveal both sophistication and intellectual satisfaction, with the best demanding significant skill and talent not only to conceive but also to execute. Practically Joking establishes the practical joke as a folk art form subject to critical evaluation by both practitioners and audiences, operating under the guidance of local aesthetic and ethical canons. Marsh studies the range of genres that pranks comprise; offers a theoretical look at the reception of practical jokes based on “benign transgression”—a theory that sees humor as playful violation—and uses real-life examples of practical jokes in context to establish the form’s varieties and meanings as an independent genre, as well as its inextricable relationship with a range of folklore forms. Scholars of folklore, humor, and popular culture will find much of interest in Practically Joking.

Author : Richard McCourt
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1447284968
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dick and Dom’s Whoopee Book of Practical Jokes written by Richard McCourt and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Dick and Dom, TV legends, creators of Slightly Naughty but Very Silly Words and authors of the world's* best Big Fat and Very Silly Joke Book! But now it's time for . . . (drum roll, please) . . . Dick and Dom's Whoopee Book of Practical Jokes! Fool your friends, trick your teachers and prank your parents! Packed with rip-roaring practical puns, side-splitting jokes and nuggets of complete and utter madness, if this book doesn't tickle your funny bone, you're probably dead! *In our opinion. Other opinions are available.

Author : Glen Singleton
Publisher : Learn and Play
ISBN 13 : 9781865157535
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 101 Cool Practical Jokes written by Glen Singleton and published by Learn and Play. This book was released on 2004 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The newest title in the coolest series around. From word jokes and computer jokes, to jokes to play on your brothers and sisters. But beware that the victim doesn't play a joke on you!

Author : Justin Geste
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0385230443
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Book of Outrageous and Atrocious Practical Jokes written by Justin Geste and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 1985-09-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This hilarious illustrated catalog contains practical jokes from offices, hospitals, colleges, parties, schools, and weddings . . . for in-laws, bosses, scheming colleagues, rude neighbors, and ex-lovers. Plus, much more! Containing pranks and stunts for every occasion and classics from the pantheon of pranksters, The Complete Book of Outrageous and Atrocious Practical Jokes will show how to write the memo that will have scheming colleagues hiding under their desks while you squeal with laughter; how your stereo system can be adapted inventively to deal with noisy neighbors, professors, and roommates; how to take the air out of assorted stuffed shirts at dinner parties with creative use of fishing line and insects; and how husbands and wives maintain their version of marital harmony using nail polish and the insinuation of shoplifting.

Author : William C. Upton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Author : Alfred George Washington Carter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Author : Esther Selsdon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780752534824
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Silly Little Book of Practical Jokes written by Esther Selsdon and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Van Der Linden
Publisher : New Amer Library
ISBN 13 : 9780451158734
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Official Handbook of Practical Jokes written by Peter Van Der Linden and published by New Amer Library. This book was released on 1989-03-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A treasury of practical jokes features 144 ingenious tricks and pranks designed to confound friends, family, and other unsuspecting victims

Author : Henry Mayhew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 810 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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