In:Made-in-Canada Humour: Literary, folk and popular culture
Beverly J. Rasporich
[Topics in Humor Research 3] 2015
► pp. vii–viii
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Published online: 1 October 2015
https://doi.org/10.1075/thr.3.toc
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Table of contents
Acknowledgementsix
List of illustrations
Foreword
1. Antique humour: New Eden dreamers and Sam Slick
2. Canada’s remarkable humorist Stephen Leacock (1869–1944): Bridging Uncle Sam and Mother England
3. Folk humour in the country and in the city: The Side Hill Gouger and other myths
4. 20th century literary humour: Protest and resistance
5. 20th century print humour and cartoons: Amusing the people and provoking the politicians
6. Joking at the margins: Ethnicity, race and gender
7. Popular comedy on stage and in the media: Towards a continental humour
Conclusion
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