[lit-ideas] Re: Ethnic Humour: Us Laughing At Them, Us Laughing At Us
- From: John McCreery <mccreery@xxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:59:37 +0900
On 2004/09/09, at 13:20, Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I believe humour at oneself, or one's own ethnic group is _healthier_
> (if
> more boring) than laughter at _other_ ethnic idiosyncracies.
FYI, there is a moderately interesting book on this subject, _Cultural
Intimacy_, by Harvard anthropologist Michael Herzfeld.
John L. McCreery
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Yokohama, Japan 220-0006
Tel 81-45-314-9324
Email mccreery@xxxxxxx
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