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 | The Humor Prism in 20th Century American Society (Humor in Life and Letters Series) (97th Edition) by Joseph Boskin (Editor) Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 1997 ISBN-10: 0-8143-2597-1 / 0814325971 ISBN-13: 978-0-8143-2597-1 / 9780814325971 Why do some jokes evaporate after the telling while others are transmitted to subsequent generations? Just what property of humor allows it to touch diverse members of a culture at a given time? As a penetrating and refracting angle of history, humor illuminates the expectations and contradictions o | |