PLEASANT AND USEFUL FUN. THE ROLE OF THE JOKE IN CULTURE

• Authors: Tomanek P.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The paper is an attempt to clarify the social background of the joke as well as its cultural role. After pointing out some of the main features of the phenomenon of humour the author proceed to define the joke as a cultural form and then compare it to the myth in terms of Roland Barthes' semiotic theory. The consequent view of the joke as a semantic inversion of the myth is supported by the further analysis of several selected series of jokes being told in Poland.

Keywords

EN

BORDER SITUATION; HUMOUR; JOKE; MYTH

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
• Journal: Kultura i Społeczeństwo
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 27-49
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Tomanek P.

• P. Tomanek, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, ul. Golebia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA03056258