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Donald F. Thomson's article "The Joking Relationship and Organized Obscenity in North Queensland" gives an in-depth discussion of a number of societies where these two speech styles co-exist. [4] The joking relationships which are most unconstrained and free are between classificatory Father's Father and Son's Son—which appears to be the same ...
Sanankuya (also sanankou(n)ya, sinankun, senenkun, [1] senankuya [2]) refers to a social characteristic present especially among the Manding peoples as well as many West African societies in general, often described in English with terms such as "cousinage" or "joking relationship".
The context of joking in turn leads to a study of joking relationships, a term coined by anthropologists to refer to social groups within a culture who take part in institutionalised banter and joking. These relationships can be either one-way or a mutual back and forth between partners. The joking relationship is defined as a peculiar ...
Lyman also contributed to fields outside of information studies. One of his most reprinted articles is "The Fraternal Bond as Joking Relationship: A case study of the role of sexist jokes in male group bonding", an analysis of the role humor plays in men's relationships. He was also an active faculty member at UC Berkeley's Center for New Media.
Serers and Toucouleurs are linked by a bond of "cousinage". This is a tradition common to many ethnic groups of West Africa known as Maasir (var : Massir) in Serer language (Joking relationship) or kal, which comes from kalir (a deformation of the Serer word kucarla meaning paternal lineage or paternal inheritance). This joking relationship ...
1940, "On Joking relationships": Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Jul. 1940), pp. 195–210 doi:10.2307/1156093; 1948, [26] A Natural Science of Society: based on a series of lectures at the University of Chicago in 1937 and posthumously published by his students
Relationships formed with family members are key in adolescent development, particularly for future satisfaction with life. [17] Studies have shown that comedic performers tend to be raised in distant, somewhat disjointed family settings, characterised by family animosity. [ 6 ]
Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious (German: Der Witz und seine Beziehung zum Unbewußten) is a 1905 book on the psychoanalysis of jokes and humour by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. [1] It was published in German in 1905. The book's title in English is in accordance with the 1905 translation by Joyce Crick.