Cracking Jokes: Studies of Sick Humor Cycles & Stereotypes

Insightful, surprising, controversial and thought-provoking analyses of the jokes that have been told for years....

"No piece of folklore continues to be transmitted unless it means something -- even if neither the speaker nor the audience can articulate what that meaning might be. In fact, it usually is essential that the joke's meaning not be crystal clear. If people knew what they were communicating when they told jokes, the jokes would cease to be effective as socially sanctioned out…