The progress of Australian humour in Britain
The progress of Australian humour in Britain
Author(s): Christie DaviesSubject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Communication studies, Sociology, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Krakowskie Towarzystwo Popularyzowania Wiedzy o Komunikacji Językowej Tertium
Keywords: jokes; Australia; Britain; boundaries; mateship; masculinity; vomit;
Summary/Abstract: In this essay, reprinted from a 1997 collection, Christie Davies discussed the roots and the nature of Australian humour. The following article was first published as Davies, C. (1997). ‘The progress of Australian humour in Britain’, in Matte, G. and Milner Davis, J. (eds.), Readings from the International Conference on Humour (Australian Journal of Comedy 3:1). Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, pp. 15-32. It is reproduced with kind permission of NewSouth Publishing. With gratitude to Jessica Milner Davis for making this possible.
Journal: The European Journal of Humour Research
- Issue Year: 5/2017
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 15-28
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English
