Dangerous jokes : how racism and sexism weaponize humor /

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Author / Creator:Horisk, Claire, author.
Imprint:New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Description:1 online resource ( xxi, 204 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13471976
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Varying Form of Title:How racism and sexism weaponize humor
ISBN:9780197691502
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 29, 2024).
Other form:Print version: Horisk, Claire. Dangerous jokes New York : Oxford University Press, 2024 9780197691496

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505 0 |a Cover -- Dangerous Jokes -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Note to Readers -- Preface -- Introduction -- Why this book about jokes contains so few jokes -- Slurs and expletives in court transcripts -- Professional comedy -- The terms 'speaker' and 'hearer' -- Singular 'they' -- A note for philosophers and linguists -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Why joking matters -- Introduction -- Jokes are funny peculiar -- How philosophy can help -- Jokes versus joking remarks -- The ethics of joking and cultural limitations -- Jokes that cross the line -- Derogatory jokes and implication 
505 0 |a Derogatory jocular remarks and intent -- Humor and harm -- Guilty listeners -- Conclusion -- 2. The popular wisdom about jokes -- Introduction -- Jokes and harm in popular wisdom -- Harm versus offense -- Audiences in popular wisdom -- Jokers in popular wisdom -- Is the popular wisdom consistent? -- Conclusion -- 3. Is the popular wisdom supported by science? -- Introduction -- How can jokes be assessed in moral terms? -- Are belittling jokes harmless fun? -- Assessing Wrong Audience and Wrong Joker -- Conclusion -- 4. Crossing a line -- Introduction 
505 0 |a How derogatory jokes and joking remarks differ -- Derogating, disparaging, and belittling -- Moral concern about (merely) disparaging humor -- Jokes that do not derogate -- Conclusion -- 5. How do jokes communicate ideas? -- Introduction -- What are generalized implicatures? -- Reinforcement and cancelation -- Using implicature to mislead and insinuate -- Explaining Wrong Audience -- Explaining Wrong Joker -- Troubleshooting: 'Missing' implicatures -- Troubleshooting: Unconvincing cancelations -- Conclusion -- 6. Humor and hostility -- Introduction -- Dual-​process theories of cognition 
505 0 |a How a good mood affects cognitive processing -- Troubleshooting: Why is neutral humor harmless? -- How might humor influence cognitive processing? -- How amusement affects the common ground -- Dual cognitive processes and the Wrong Audience -- Conclusion -- 7. Joking remarks and joking intentions -- Introduction -- Two definitions of 'joking' -- Jocular remarks and the warranty of truth -- Does truth-​in-​jest have a warranty of truth? -- Channeling the common ground -- The common ground and the ambiguity of humor -- Conclusion -- 8. Listener culpability -- Introduction -- What is listening? 
505 0 |a Being part of a conversation -- Being part of a conversation and the common ground -- There is no hidden common ground -- Public humiliation -- Good listeners and ethical listeners -- Bystanders -- Conclusion -- 9. Finding derogatory jokes amusing -- Introduction -- What kind of person is amused by derogatory jokes? -- Am I morally responsible for being amused? -- Awareness of derogatory ideas in a conversation -- What is acceptance? -- Acceptance and presupposition -- Willingness to accept -- Why amusement is correlated with social identity -- Why amusement is correlated with derogatory belief 
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650 0 |a Wit and humor  |x Philosophy. 
650 0 |a Racism. 
650 0 |a Sexism. 
650 0 |a Stereotypes (Social psychology) 
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650 6 |a Racisme.  |0 (CaQQLa)201-0001691 
650 6 |a Stéréotypes.  |0 (CaQQLa)201-0044444 
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