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Author Rasporich, Beverly Jean.

Title Made-in-Canada humour : literary, folk and popular culture / by Beverly J. Rasporich, University of Calgary.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Topics in Humor Research, 2212-8999 ; Volume 3
Topics in humor research ; Volume 3.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Made-in-Canada Humour; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; Foreword; 1. Antique humour: New Eden dreamers and Sam Slick; The moral humour and New Eden dream of Thomas McCulloch ; Haliburton's battle of the sexes ; Dreaming of better worlds: James de Mille ; The continuing company of Christian reformers: J.W. Bengough ; Conclusion ; 2. Canada's remarkable humorist Stephen Leacock (1869-1944): Bridging Uncle Sam and Mother England; Betwixt and between two cultures ; American influences.
The American little man and his Canadian alter ego British, American and Canadian humour: Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town and Arcadian Adventures wi; Conclusion ; 3. Folk humour in the country and in the city: The Side Hill Gouger and other myths; Bob Edwards: Raising a ruckus in the early West ; Male fraternity in the outback ; The tall tale ; Outback heroes: Local and across the 49th parallel ; The "Indians" fill up the west and possibly the world ; Urban myths of city folk ; Conclusion ; 4. 20th century literary humour: Protest and resistance; Satirical poets of the 20th century.
Poetry of comic relief Made in Canada humour: Sarah Binks and Samuel Marchbanks ; Native voice and cultural appropriation: Basil Johnston and W.P. Kinsella ; Québecois and Acadian humour: A touch of gothic ; Black and blue humour: Mordecai Richler ; Studly men and postmodern possibilities: Robert Kroetsch and Leonard Cohen ; Feminine and feminist revolt: Alice Munro and Margaret Atwood ; Conclusion ; 5. 20th century print humour and cartoons: Amusing the people and provoking the politicians; Popular Canadian humorists in print ; The editorial cartoon: Its function and place.
The nation's capital: Roy Peterson, Duncan Macpherson and Terry Mosher Regional cartoonists of the West: Arch Dale, Stewart Cameron, and Everett Soop ; The comic strip: A barnacle or ship? ; Conclusion ; 6. Joking at the margins: Ethnicity, race and gender; Ethnic joking ; Female jokesters and feminist humour ; Conclusion ; 7. Popular comedy on stage and in the media: Towards a continental humour; Canada's peace keeping comedians ; Just plain folks ; The Bob and Doug Mackenzie phenomenon ; Exporting John Candy and importing Homer Simpson ; Conclusion ; Conclusion; Previous publications.
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Subject Canadian wit and humor -- History and criticism.
Canadian wit and humor.
National characteristics, Canadian -- Humor.
National characteristics, Canadian.
Genre/Form Humor.
Subject Humorists, Canadian.
Humorists, Canadian.
Canada -- Humor.
Canada.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Humor.
Other Form: Print version: Rasporich, Beverly Jean. Made-in-Canada humour. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2015 9789027202307 (DLC) 2015022836
ISBN 9789027268174 (pdf)
9027268177 (pdf)
9789027202307 (hardback ; alkaline paper)