Anthropological Forum, Volume 18, Issue 3 (2008)

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You've Got to be Joking! Anthropological Perspectives on Humour and Laughter

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You've Got to be Joking: Asserting the Analytical Value of Humour and Laughter in Contemporary Anthropology
John Carty & Yasmine Musharbash
Pages: 209-217
Published online: 23 Oct 2008
AbstractforYou've Got to be Joking: Asserting the Analytical Value of Humour and Laughter in Contemporary Anthropology | Full Text | References | PDF (76 KB)
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Poofters Taking the Piss out of Anzacs: The (Un-)Australian Wit of Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
John Morton1
Pages: 219-234
Published online: 23 Oct 2008
AbstractforPoofters Taking the Piss out of Anzacs: The (Un-)Australian Wit of Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras | Full Text | References | PDF (1.1 MB)
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The Pragmatics of Rude Jokes with Grandad: Joking Relationships in Aboriginal Australia
Murray Garde1
Pages: 235-253
Published online: 23 Oct 2008
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Captain Cook Meets General Macarthur in the Northern Kimberley: Humour and Ritual in an Indigenous Australian Life-World
Anthony Redmond
Pages: 255-270
Published online: 23 Oct 2008
AbstractforCaptain Cook Meets General Macarthur in the Northern Kimberley: Humour and Ritual in an Indigenous Australian Life-World | Full Text | References | PDF (331.1 KB)
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Perilous Laughter: Examples from Yuendumu, Central Australia
Yasmine Musharbash
Pages: 271-277
Published online: 23 Oct 2008
AbstractforPerilous Laughter: Examples from Yuendumu, Central Australia | Full Text | References | PDF (63 KB)
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‘Poor Black Bastard Can't Shake-a-Leg’: Humour and Laughter in Urban Aboriginal North Queensland, Australia
Megan B. McCullough
Pages: 279-285
Published online: 23 Oct 2008
Abstractfor‘Poor Black Bastard Can't Shake-a-Leg’: Humour and Laughter in Urban Aboriginal North Queensland, Australia | Full Text | References | PDF (62.8 KB)
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Are You Being Served? Sex, Humour and Globalisation in the Cook Islands
Kalissa Alexeyeff
Pages: 287-293
Published online: 23 Oct 2008
AbstractforAre You Being Served? Sex, Humour and Globalisation in the Cook Islands | Full Text | References | PDF (62.1 KB)
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Laughing with, Laughing at, among Torres Strait Islanders
Jeremy Beckett
Pages: 295-302
Published online: 23 Oct 2008
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Fun for Them, Fun for Us and Fun for All: The ‘Far Side’ of Field Work in the Tropical Lowlands
Peter D. Dwyer & Monica Minnegal1
Pages: 303-308
Published online: 23 Oct 2008
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