You will not receive credit for the assignment if you merely recount personal episodes; serious engagement with the theoretical issues in the readings is required. Essays should be approximately 250 words in length.
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Essay Topic:
Social groups can be distinguished by the kinds of humor they enjoy, or sanction. The readings illustrate this dynamic. People of one class (or tight-knit social group) may gravitate to certain forms of humor, while others are drawn to different styles. Ask your friends and family members (at least 5 people*) whether they classify people’s tastes in humor by membership in a social group: e.g. working class versus white collar, surfers versus nerds, jocks versus artsy types, politicians “in training” versus the animé crowd, etc. Ask them to describe why they make the distinctions they do. Discuss their responses in your essay and tie their comments to the reading.
*If you ask someone whether they do this, and they say they never discriminate in this way, then keep asking folks until you have substantial responses from 5 separate people. If you ask people in a group—at home or over a meal—count that as two responses, and keep asking around.
Material Links:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01419870.2013.783929
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-4446.2011.01368.x
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