Humor in the collectivist Arab Middle East: The case of Lebanon

Kazarian S.S.

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dc.contributor.author	Kazarian S.S.
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dc.date	2011
dc.date.accessioned	2017-10-04T10:35:34Z
dc.date.available	2017-10-04T10:35:34Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.identifier	10.1515/HUMR.2011.020
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dc.identifier.issn	09331719
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10938/13582
dc.description.abstract	The Lebanese people are lovers of the social and the humorous, and the soul of their humor is manifest in their social gatherings, tales, civil and religious celebrations, songs, jokes, literature, theatre, cartoons, and spontaneous wit. In the present article, humor, Arabic (fukaha), in the collectivist Lebanese culture is discussed with particular focus on comparisons with Western humor scholarship. The discussion is illustrative rather than exhaustive and is informed by Western contemporary humor theories regarding conceptualization of humor and its varied forms and functions. In addition to providing Arabic humor terminology and English equivalents, culture-universals (mass media, rhetors humor, jokes, wit and accidental humor) and culture-bound (zajal and Zalghouta) humor in the Lebanese context are described. Finally, the psychological and social functions of Lebanese humor are identified, as are gaps in research and the need for a science-driven agenda for cross-cultural humor scholarship involving Arab Middle Eastern and EuroAmerican humor scholars. © 2011 Walter de Gruyter GmbH and Co. KG, Berlin-Boston.
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dc.format.extent	Pages: (329-348)
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	BERLIN
dc.relation.ispartof	Publication Name: Humor; Publication Year: 2011; Volume: 24; no. 3; Pages: (329-348);
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dc.title	Humor in the collectivist Arab Middle East: The case of Lebanon
dc.type	Article
dc.contributor.affiliation	Kazarian, S.S., American University of Beirut, Lebanon
dc.contributor.authorAddress	Kazarian, S.S.; American University of BeirutLebanon; email: sk29@aub.edu.lb
dc.contributor.authorCorporate	University: American University of Beirut; Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Department: Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies;
dc.contributor.authorDepartment	Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies
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dc.contributor.authorEmail	sk29@aub.edu.lb
dc.contributor.faculty	Faculty of Arts and Sciences
dc.contributor.authorInitials	Kazarian, SS
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dc.contributor.authorReprintAddress	Kazarian, SS (reprint author), Amer Univ Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
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dc.contributor.authorUniversity	American University of Beirut
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dc.publisher.address	GENTHINER STRASSE 13, 10785 BERLIN, GERMANY
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dc.relation.ispartOfISOAbbr	Humor-Int. J. Humor Res.
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dc.subject.otherAuthKeyword	culture-bound humor
dc.subject.otherAuthKeyword	forms of humor
dc.subject.otherAuthKeyword	humor functions
dc.subject.otherAuthKeyword	Lebanese humor
dc.subject.otherAuthKeyword	zajal humor
dc.subject.otherAuthKeyword	zalagheet humor
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dc.subject.otherWOS	Language and Linguistics
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