“Vivi Pericolosamente”: Christie Davies, Italians and dangerous things

• Authors: Delia Chiaro
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This essay provides a brief overview of English jokes targeting Italians, and  sets out to show how internet memes are a progression of traditional jokes in which Italians are the butts but with a modern twist.

Keywords

EN

Italian jokes; Jokes about Italians; Memes; Internet humour

• Publisher: Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies
• Journal: The European Journal of Humour Research
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 4

Dates

published

2017

online

2017-12-31

Contributors

author

Delia Chiaro

Identifiers

DOI

10.7592/EJHR2017.5.4.chiaro