Rationale of the Dirty Joke
An Analysis of Sexual Humor
G. Legman
Historisch
Humor
LGBTQ+
SM
Why do people tell dirty jokes? And what is it about a joke's dirtiness that makes it funny? G. Legman was perhaps the foremost scholar of the dirty joke, and as legions of humor writers and comedians know, his Rationale of the Dirty Joke remains the most exhaustive and authoritative study of the subject. More than two thousand jokes and folktales are presented, covering such...
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