"Homo ridens": the joking human in Lithuania from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries

Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Knygos dalis / Part of the book
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
"Homo ridens": the joking human in Lithuania from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries
In the Book:
Storytelling human: Lithuanian folk tradition today / compiled and edited by Lina Būgienė. Boston, Massachusetts : Academic Studies Press, 2020. P. 172-208
Summary / Abstract:

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Tautosaka; Tautosaka; Tradicijos; Pasakojimas; Humoras; Juokavimai; Folklore; Folk Traditions; Storytelling; Humour; Jokes.

ENThis article examines 7,842 jokes from the late nineteenth to the midtwentieth centuries, the Soviet period, and contemporary times that are preserved in the Lithuanian Literature and Folklore Institutes Folklore Archives' manuscript collections (LTR), collected from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries, in the Vytautas Magnus University archives (VDU ER), and which appear on joke websites. Focusing on the target of mockery, the goal of this study is to determine how the joking person (homo ridens) is similar and different in the late nineteenth and early twenty-first centuries. [Extract, p. 174]

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9781644694237
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