Laughter: Bibliography
The following articles are indicative there is MUCH MORE out there.
This is a link to all the articles published in the journal Humor.
Boskin, Joseph and Joseph Dorinson. "Ethnic Humor: Subversion and Survival." American Quarterly 37:1 (1985): 81-
97.
Briggs, Peter M. "English Satire and Connecticut Wit." American Quarterly 37:1 (1985): 13-29.
Dudden, Arthur Power. "The Record of Political Humor." American Quarterly 37:1 (1985): 50-70.
Edmonson, Munro S. "Notes on Laughter." Anthropological Linguistics 29:1 (1987): 23-34.
Gordon, Mordechai. "Humor, Laughter and Human Flourishing: A Philosophical Exploration of the Laughing Animal."
Springer Briefs in Education.
Haunsperger, Deanna, and Steve Kennedy. "The PhD of Comedy." Math Horizons 6:3 (1999): 5-9.
Mintz, Lawrence E. "Standup Comedy as Social and Cultural Mediation." American Quarterly 37:1 (1985): 71-80.
Pattillo, Charlene Gayle Story, and Joanne Itano. "Laughter Is the Best Medicine." The American Journal of Nursing
101:4 (2001): 40-43.
Panksepp, Jaak. "The Riddle of Laughter: Neural and Psychoevolutionary Underpinnings of Joy." Current Directions in
Psychological Science 9:6 (2000): 183-86.
Romero Eric J, and Kevin W. Cruthirds. "The Use of Humor in the Workplace." Academy of Management Perspectives
20:2 (2006): 58-69.
Rusten, Jeffrey. "Who 'Invented' Comedy? The Ancient Candidates for the Origins of Comedy and the Visual
Evidence." The American Journal of Philology 127:1 (2006): 37-66.
Scruton, Roger, and Peter Jones. "Laughter." Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society Supplementary 56 (1982):197-
228.
Seizer, Susan. "On the Uses of Obscenity in Live Stand-Up Comedy." Anthropological Quarterly 84:1 (2011): 209-34.
Torok, Sarah E, Robert F. McMorris, and Wen-Chi Lin. "Is Humor an Appreciated Teaching Tool? Perceptions of
Professors' Teaching Styles and Use of Humor." College Teaching 52:1 (2004): 14-20.
Walker, Nancy. "Humor and Gender Roles: The 'Funny' Feminism of the Post-World War II Suburbs." American
Quarterly 37:1 (1985): 98-113.
Whitfield, Stephen J. "Richard Nixon as a Comic Figure." American Quarterly 37:1 (1985): 114-32.