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Bringing together scholarly insights and research by both Japanese and non-Japanese experts, Jessica Milner Davis bridges the differences between humor in Japan and the West and examines the spectrum of Japanese humor, from ancient traditions and surviving rituals of laughter to the norms of joke-telling in conversation in Japan and America.

Understanding Humor in Japan

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      Publisher: Wayne State University Press
      Publication Date: 5/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780814331651, 978-0814331651
      ISBN10: 0814331653

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      Book Synopsis
      Bringing together scholarly insights and research by both Japanese and non-Japanese experts, Jessica Milner Davis bridges the differences between humor in Japan and the West and examines the spectrum of Japanese humor, from ancient traditions and surviving rituals of laughter to the norms of joke-telling in conversation in Japan and America.

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