Studies in American Humor

Special Issue: Humor in Popular Culture

New Series 3, No. 8 (2001)

 

Contents

Editorial
Humor in Popular Culture
          Judith Yaross Lee
1
Essays
Al Capp's South: Appalachian Humor in Li'l Abner
          M. Thomas Inge
4
Getting Ethnically Humorous: Dolores Prida's Beautiful Señoritas
          María Luisa Ochoa Fernández
21
"We hope you like us, Jack": The Kennedy-Era Satire of Victor Navasky's
Monocle and Outsider's Newsletter
          Stephen Kercher
36
Treacherous Laughter: The Poetry Slam, Slam Poetry, and the Politics of Resistance
          Tyler Hoffman
49
The Year's Work
The Year's Work in American Humor Studies, 2000
          Judith Yaross Lee
65
Reviews
Coyote at Large: Humor in American Nature Writing, by Katrina Schimmoeller Peiffer
          Reviewed by Joe Mills
79
Stand-up Comedy in Theory, or, Abjection in America, by John Limon
          Reviewed by Gary Wiener
80
The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, ed. by David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshi
          Reviewed by John Bird
81
Woody, from Antz to Zelig: A Reference Guide to Woody Allen's Creative Work,
1964-1998, by Richard A. Schwartz
          Reviewed by William F. Naufftus
83
Literary Wit, by Bruce Michelson
          Reviewed by Ann Ryan
85
Contributors
88
Announcements
89

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