Papers are sought for a book/special issue of a journal on the topic 
of "working-class humor" in any discipline (literary studies, cinema, art, 
folklore, anthropology, history, etc.) and using any theoretical approach. The 
focus of the collection is the interplay of the category of humor (roughly 
defined as anything that can be perceived as funny, amusing, etc.) with the 
working-class. Of particular interest are essays that pursue the topic of 
working-class humor in relation to genre, ethnicity, race, geography, and 
history. Both papers that deal with the representation of the working class in 
humorous discourse and/or on the use of humor by the working class are 
welcome. Expressions of interest are due anytime; actual papers will be due in 
April 2007. 

Contact:

Salvatore Attardo

Editor-in-Chief

HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research

English Department

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, OH 44555

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