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Direct linkGring-Pemble, Lisa; Watson, Martha Solomon – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 2003
By July 1994, "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories" had appeared for the third time on the "New York Times" bestseller list with sales exceeding 100,000 copies. One year later, there were almost 1.5 million copies of "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories" in print as it continued to excite public commentary. This popular book is an ideal case study…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Humor, Satire, Fairy Tales
Peer reviewedEngel, S. Morris – Philosophy and Rhetoric, 1986
Argues that human rigidity of mind is usually the cause of fallacies, humor, and also mental illness. (SRT)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Figurative Language, Humor, Mental Disorders
Peer reviewedMorris, Barry Alan – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1987
Discusses the failure of Joe Bob Briggs' parody of "We Are the World" in terms of the development of the communal sense that creates a set of group norms, which in turn create "phantom constraints" of which the parody's author may not be aware.(NKA)
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Community Attitudes, Community Support, Cultural Context
