The Psychology of Humor A Reference Guide and Annotated Bibliography

Subjects:

• Psychology » Psychology (General)

Reviews:

• The only bibliography to be found on this topic, it has five chapters written for general readers, teachers, or researchers, each with a bibliography. The annotated bibliography proper is selective, favoring studies containing data collection or measurement....Recommended for academic and public libraries.
  —Choice October 2002
• [t]his solid and scholarly compendium gives some indication of how far we have come. It will be of inestimable value to those engaged in developing the field further. Although this is not a book that i will take to the beach, I will certainly place it among my favored reference books on a shelf close at hand, and I suspect that others involved in humor research (despite the high price) will do likewise. The Psychology of Humor deserves to become a standard reference in the field.
  —APA Review of Books 2004
• [T]imely and welcome....will be of inestimable value to those engaged in developing the field further....The Psychology of Humor deserves to become a standard reference in the field.
  —Contemporary Psychology August 2004
• This work is an extremely valuable resource. The book not only references most of the articles about the psychology of humor but also draws parallels, inferences, and even some conclusions. A wide variety of topics are discussed clearly and with insight....[d]eserves a place on the shelf of every humor scholar, not just psychologists. As a guide it will be helpful to workers in other fields to indicate what empirical information is available. Certainly this collection and the attendant discussions are a running start to the long awaited humor textbook.
  —Humor: International Journal of Humor Research 2003

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Terminological Aspects and Domains of Humor
• Origins and Evolution of Humor
• Modern Theoretical Aspects of Humor
• Differential and Functional Aspects of Humor
• Methodological and Futuristic Aspects of Humor
• Annotated Bibliography of Humor Studies in Psychology (1970-2001)
• Name Index
• Subject Index