Israeli Journal of Humor Research
An International Journal
Issue No. 5 | June 2014
Psychology:
Laughing All the Way to the Questionnaire Bank: A Mixed Methods Examination of Humor Appreciation
after a Brief Communication
Andrew Dix Middle Tennessee State University, U.S.A. 8
Sociology:
'Fun in Games': Employing insights from Goffman's Sociology to an Understanding of Humor
Mike Lloyd Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand & Paul Jewell Flinders University, Australia 26
Philosophy:
Taking the History of Philosophy on Humor and Laughter Seriously
Lydia Amir The College of Management Academic Studies, Israel 43
Laughter - Interdicsiplinary View
Jean Askenasy Tel-Aviv University, Israel 88
Politics:
Catalan Political Humor: Criticism and Self-criticism
Teresa Serés & Amadeu Viana San Andrés, Spain 121
Historical Review:
Up from the Borscht Belt: Jerry Lewis, Jewish enius: An Historical Reviw
Joseph Dorinson Long Island, U. S. A. 144
COMMENTS
Comments on Christie Davies' Review of Just Kidding: Using Humor Effectively
Louis R. Franzini San Diego State University, U. S. A. 158
BOOK REVIEWS
Charles Schmidt (Transl. Adam Schmidt)
Seriously Funny: Mexican Political Jokes as Social Resistance Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press 2014
39.95$ (Paper)Electronic edition available
Arthur Asa Berger San Francisco State University, U. S. A. 160
Ruiz Gurillo, Leonor (2012): la linguistica del humor en espanol
[The linguistics of humor in Spanish] Madrid, Arco Libros, 163 Pages.
M. Belen Alvarado Ortega Universidad de Alicante, Spain 164