Subject index

Absolutely Fabulous 1, 2

absurdity/absurd humor 1, 2, 3– 4, 5– 6, 7– 8, 9, 10,11, 12– 13, 14, 15

adolescence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

African-American humor 1– 2, 3– 4, 5– 6, 7

age 1, 2, 3, 4– 5, 6– 7, 8– 9, 10– 11, 12, 13– 14, 15, 16– 17

– and joke appreciation 1– 2, 3– 4, 5– 6, 7– 8

aggression 1– 2, 3, 4– 5, 6– 7, 8, 9

alcohol 1, 2, 3– 4, 5, 6

ambiguity 1, 2, 3, 4– 5, 6– 7, 8, 9, 10

amusement (as emotion) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6– 7

Antilleans 1

anthropology 1

art 1, 2, 3– 4, 5, 6– 7, 8

aesthetics 1, 2– 3, 4– 5

aesthetic disposition 1– 2, 3– 4, 5, 6, 7

aesthetic preferences 1, 2– 3, 4

attitude joke 1, 2, 3, 4– 5, 6

authenticity 1, 2– 3, 4– 5, 6– 7, 8– 9, 10– 11, 12

authority 1, 2– 3, 4– 5, 6– 7, 8

Banana Split 1– 2, 3, 4, 5

Belgians, jokes about 1, 2– 3, 4, 5, 6– 7, 8

Bijl, Martine 1, 2

Blacks, jokes about 1– 2

Bloemendaal, Adèle 1, 2, 3, 4

blonde jokes 1– 2, 3– 4, 5, 6

boundaries 1, 2, 3, 4, 5– 6, 7– 8, 9– 10, 11– 12, 13– 14

– cultural 1– 2

– marking of 1– 2

– moral 1, 2, 3, 4– 5, 6, 7, 8

– shifts in 1– 2, 3– 4, 5– 6

– social 1, 2, 3– 4, 5– 6, 7– 8, 9– 10

– transgression of see transgression

Bourdieu, Pierre 1, 2, 3– 4, 5– 6, 7, 8– 9, 10– 11, 12, 13, 14, 15– 16, 17, 18

Brandsteder, Ron 1– 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

cabaret 1, 2, 3– 4, 5, 6– 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

capital 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

– cultural capital 1, 2, 3– 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

– economic capital 1, 2, 3– 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

– linguistic capital 1– 2

– moral capital 1

– symbolic capital 1,2,3

Carmiggelt, Simon 1, 2, 3

cartoons 1, 2, 3– 4

CBS (Dutch statistics bureau) 1– 2

censorship/self-censorship 1– 2, 3– 4, 5– 6, 7– 8, 9– 10, 11

children 1, 2, 3– 4, 5– 6, 7, 8, 9

children’s joke culture 1, 2, 3, 4

civilized humor 1, 2, 3– 4, 5– 6, 7

civilization 1– 2, 3– 4, 5, 6– 7, 8, 9– 10

class 1– 2, 3– 4, 5, 6– 7, 8– 9, 10– 11, 12– 13, 14– 15, 16

– and communication style 1– 2

– death of 1

– in the United States 1– 2

– lower middle class 1, 2– 3, 4– 5

– (upper) middle class 1, 2– 3, 4– 5, 6– 7, 8– 9

– operationalization of 1– 2, 3– 4

– working class 1, 2– 3, 4, 5– 6, 7– 8, 9, 10– 11

– upper class see elite

class culture 1– 2, 3– 4, 5– 6, 7– 8, 9– 10

coarse/coarseness 1, 2, 3, 4– 5, 6– 7, 8– 9

code

– elaborate code 1– 2

– linguistic code 1– 2

– restricted code 1– 2

communication 1– 2, 3– 4, 5– 6, 7– 8, 9– 10

communication style 1– 2, 3– 4, 5, 6, 7– 8

competitiveness/competition 1, 2– 3, 4, 5, 6

complexity 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

compression 1– 2

conspiracy 1, 2, 3– 4, 5, 6, 7,8

cross-cultural differences 1, 2, 3, 4, 5– 6,7– 8

cross-cultural validation 1, 2, 3– 4

comparative research 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6– 7, 8– 9, 10– 11, 12– 13

creativity see originality

criteria for good humor 1– 2, 3– 4, 5– 6, 7– 8, 9– 10, 11– 12

cultural knowledge 1, 2, 3, 4– 5, 6– 7, 8– 9, 10, 11, 12

cultural change 1– 2, 3, 4– 5, 6, 7– 8, 9, 10– 11, 12– 13, 14– 15

Davies, Christie 1

De Hunkering 1– 2, 3, 4

decent/decency 1– 2,3, 4– 5,6, 7– 8

Deelder, Jules 1, 2, 3

deviance 1, 2

Dertig minuten see Ederveen, Arjan

Diana (Spencer) 1,2,3

Dice Clay, Andrew 1, 2, 3

difficult 1– 2

dirty/dirtiness 1– 2, 3– 4

dirty jokes 1– 2

disaster jokes 1,2,3

disidentification 1

distinction 1– 2, 3– 4, 5– 6, 7, 8, 9– 10, 11– 12, 13, 14, 15, 16– 17, 18, 19– 20, 21

Dorus see Manders, Tom

Dorrestijn, Hans 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

van Duin, Andre 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6– 7, 8– 9, 10, 11, 12– 13, 14, 15

Dutroux, Marc 1– 2, 3,4– 5, 6, 7

Ederveen, Arjan 1, 2, 3– 4, 5, 6, 7,8

education 1, 2– 3, 4– 5, 6– 7,8

educational level 1– 2, 3– 4, 5– 6, 7– 8,9– 10

– and joke appreciation 1– 2, 3– 4, 5– 6, 7, 8– 9

educational system 1, 2

egalitarianism 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

elite 1, 2, 3, 4 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

emancipation of women 1,2,3

embourgeoisement 1– 2

emotion 1, 2, 3– 4, 5– 6, 7– 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13– 14, 15– 16, 17– 18

empathy 1– 2

entertainment 1– 2

EGP-classification 1, 2

ethnic jokes 1, 2, 3– 4, 5– 6, 7, 8, 9– 10, 11, 12– 13, 14– 15, 16, 17, 18– 19, 20

– rejection of 1– 2, 3– 4

– rise of 1– 2

ethnic taboo 1, 2

etiquette/etiquette book 1

euphemism 1– 2, 3

Europe/Europeans 1, 2, 3

exclusion 1, 2, 3, 4, 5– 6, 7, 8, 9– 10, 11– 12

expansion 1– 2

exuberance 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

factor analysis 1– 2, 3– 4, 5– 6, 7– 8

family 1– 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

femininity 1, 2, 3– 4, 5

Ferdinandusse, Rinus 1, 2n

Finkers, Herman 1, 2, 3,4

flauw 1

Fokke and Sukke 1, 2, 3– 4, 5

form 1, 2, 3– 4, 5– 6, 7– 8

Flodder 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

folklore 1, 2, 3,4

Fortuyn, Pim, jokes about 1

France 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

framing 1, 2– 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Freud, Sigmund 1, 2,3n

gender 1, 2, 3, 4– 5, 6– 7, 8– 9, 10–11, 12, 13– 14, 15

– jokes about 1, 2, 3

– and morality 1– 2

– stereotypes about 1, 2–3, 4

gender roles 1, 2– 3, 4, 5, 6–7, 8

genre 1, 2, 3, 4– 5, 6, 7, 8

Germany 1, 2, 3

jokes about Germans 1, 2

gezellig see sociable

Goffman, Erving 1

van Gogh, Theo 1, 2, 3

gossip 1– 2

habitus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Haenen, Paul/Haenen voor de nacht 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

“hard” humor 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7– 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

van ’t Hek, Youp 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9,10,11

Hermans, Toon 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10,11,12

hierarchy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7–8

– jokes about 1– 2

high/low distinction 1, 2– 3, 4– 5, 6– 7, 8, 9, 10–11, 12, 13

Hitler, Adolf, jokes about 1,2

Holocaust jokes 1, 2, 3–4

homosexuals/homosexuality 1, 2, 3, 4, 5–6

humor

– affective aspects of 1–2, 3–4

– appreciation of 1–2, 3, 4, 5, 6–7, 8

– cognitive aspects of 1– 2

– functions of 1, 2–3, 4, 5

– humorous genres 1, 2, 3, 4, 5–6, 7–8, 9, 10, 11– 12, 13– 14, 15, 16–17

– in everyday life 1, 2, 3–4, 5, 6

– and morality 1–2, 3–4

– with meaning/message 1, 2, 3

– as reflection of society 1– 2

– as reflection of worldview 1– 2

– standardized 1– 2

– vocabulary for 1–2, 3–4

humor technique 1, 2, 3– 4, 5, 6– 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15–16

humor scandal 1, 2, 3, 4

humor style 1– 2, 3, 4, 5–6, 7–8

humor theory 1–2, 3, 4–5, 6–7, 8– 9

– conflict theory 1

– incongruity theory 1,2

– superiority theory 1,2

– humorous mode 1– 2

hurtful 1, 2, 3 4, 5, 6–7, 8–9, 10–11, 12–13, 14–15, 16–17, 18, 19, 20, 21

identification 1–2, 3–4, 5, 6, 7–8, 9–10, 11–12, 13–14

identity politics 1

import of jokes 1–2, 3, 4

individualization 1, 2 3–4, 5

incongruity 1, 2, 3

informality 1, 2

informalization 1

interaction ritual 1, 2, 3

Internal Review Board 1

internet 1, 2, 3–4, 5

intellect 1–2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

intellectual(s) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5–6, 7, 8, 9,10,11,12

intellectual humor 1, 2, 3, 4–5, 6–7, 8–9, 10, 11, 12– 13, 14, 15, 16–17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

intellectualization 1– 2

irreverence 1– 2

irony 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Jackson, Michael 1

Jekkers, Harry 1, 2

jest/jest book 1– 2

Jews 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6–7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

Jewish humor 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Jiskefet 1, 2– 3, 4, 5, 6, 7– 8, 9, 10, 11,12

Johnny (Jantje), jokes about 1, 2–3, 4, 5

jokes

– and authenticity 1– 2

– appreciation of, in questionnaire 1, 2–3, 4–5, 6, 7–8, 9–10, 11–12

– build-up of 1–2, 3–4, 5

– categories of 1–2

– changes in 1–2, 3

– content of 1, 2– 3, 4, 5–6, 7–8, 9, 10–11, 12, 13, 14–15, 16–17, 18

– forgetting 1

– form of 1, 2, 3– 4, 5– 6, 7, 8, 9– 10

– as genre 1– 2, 3–4, 5–6, 7–8, 9–10, 11–12

– length of 1–2, 3, 4, 5

– objections against 1–2, 3–4, 5–6, 7– 8

– origin of 1–2, 3–4

– spread of 1–2, 3, 4

joke books 1, 2, 3–4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10

joke culture 1, 2– 3, 4, 5, 6–7, 8, 9, 10–11, 12–13, 14

joke tellers 1– 2, 3, 4– 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10–11, 12–13, 14–15

joke telling 1, 2– 3, 4– 5, 6– 7, 8–9, 10–11, 12– 13

joke-work [Witzarbeit] 1– 2

de Jonge, Freek 1, 2, 3, 4– 5, 6– 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

Kaandorp, Brigitte 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Kan, Wim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Koot & Bie see van Kooten and de Bie

van Kooten, Kees and Wim de Bie 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Lamont, Michèle 1,2

language 1–2, 3, 4–5, 6–7

– cleaning up 1–2, 3–4, 5–6

– vulgar language 1–2, 3–4, 5, 6–7, 8, 9, 10

laughter 1–2, 3–4, 5, 6–7, 8–9, 10, 11–12, 13, 14, 15, 16–17, 18, 19– 20

de Leeuw, Paul 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

legitimate taste 1, 2, 3 4–5, 6–7, 8, 9, 10

Liberg, Hans 1, 2–3

lifestyle 1, 2, 3, 4

linguistics 1, 2

sociolinguistics 1– 2

logic

– cultural logic 1– 2, 3, 4, 5

– of humor styles 1, 2–3, 4–5

– humorous logic 1– 2

low/lowbrow see high/low culture

Maassen, Theo 1, 2

magazines 1– 2

– Aktueel 1

– Donald Duck 1

– de Lach 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

– De ware Jacob 1

– Katholieke Illustratie 1, 2

– Moppentrommel 1

– New Yorker 1, 2 3

– Panorama 1

– Playboy 1, 2, 3

– Readers’ Digest 1

– Revue/Nieuwe Revu 1,2

– de Spiegel 1

– Vrij Nederland 1

marriage 1, 2–3

masculinity 1–2, 3, 4, 5–6, 7, 8–9, 10–11, 12–13

mass culture 1

Manders, Tom 1

media 1, 2

men 1–2, 3–4, 5, 6–7

migrants/migration 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7– 8

Millecam, Sylvia 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

modernity 1, 2–3, 4, 5

Monty Python 1, 2, 3, 4–5

money, jokes about 1,2

moral self 1– 2

morality 1– 2, 3, 4, 5–6, 7, 8–9, 10–11, 12–13, 14–15, 16–17

Mop 1, 2, 3

Moppentoppers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17–18, 19, 20

Moroccans 1, 2,

mother in law, jokes about 1, 2

music hall see revue (genre)

national groups, jokes about 1

Netherlands 1– 2, 3, 4– 5, 6, 7– 8, 9– 10

– cultural change in 1, 2–3

– education system 1, 2, 3, 4

nostalgia 1, 2, 3–4

NRC Handelsblad 1, 2, 3

offensive/offensiveness 1, 2–3, 4,5

– relation with funniness 1–2, 3–4

omnivores 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6– 7

Ook dat nog! 1, 2, 3, 4

Oppassen! 1, 2, 3

oral culture 1, 2–3, 4–5

oral genre/oral transmission 1–2, 3–4, 5, 6

originality 1, 2– 3, 4–5, 6–7, 8, 9

Over de roooie 1, 2, 3

van Overbeke, Aernout 1, 2

plat/platvoers see coarse

play/playfulness 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

performance 1– 2, 3–4, 5–6, 7

personality 1, 2

philosophy 1, 2, 3n

pillarization 1, 2

political humor 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

popular culture 1– 2, 3, 4, 5, 6– 7

popular aesthetic 1, 2

power see hierarchy

presentation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5– 6, 7, 8–9, 10–11, 12, 13, 14

presentation of self 1, 2, 3

PRINCALS 1, 2

private/public 1, 2, 3, 4, 5–6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

psychology 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

psychologization 1

punch line 1, 2, 3, 4–5, 6–7, 8, 9, 10, 11,12, 13, 14, 15–16, 17, 18

quality 1, 2, 3–4, 5–6

questionnaire 1, 2, 3, 4, 5– 6, 7, 8, 9– 10, 11– 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20–21, 22–23, 24, 25, 26–27, 28, 29

racism 1, 2, 3, 4

readings 1– 2

refinement 1–2, 3, 4, 5

reflexivity 1, 2

regional differences 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9–10

religion 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

– Christians 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

– jokes about 1, 2, 3–4, 5, 6,

– Muslims 1, 2, 3

– Muslim sense of humor 1, 2

repertoire 1, 2, 3– 4, 5, 6–7, 8–9

repertoire of evaluation 1

replication (of research) 1, 2

reputation 1,2,3

respect 1– 2

restraint 1, 2– 3, 4– 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Reve, Gerard 1– 2, 3, 4, 5

revue (humorous genre) 1–2, 3

Revue (magazine) see magazines

riddle 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

risk 1, 2

ritual 1, 2, 3, 4

Royal Family 1, 2, 3, 4,5

Ruch, Willibald 1, 2

RTL4 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

sales 1– 2, 3– 4

sales representatives 1– 2

satire 1, 2, 3

Sam and Moos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

scatological jokes 1,2

Schippers, Wim T. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Schmidt, Annie M. G. 1, 2, 3, 4

Schouten, Tineke 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

script 1–2, 3, 4, 5

secularization 1,2

self 1– 2, 3– 4, 5, 6

sense of humor 1, 2, 3, 4, 5– 6, 7– 8, 9–10, 11–12

September 1 (Attack on WTC, New York) 2, 3, 4

sex roles see gender roles

sexual jokes 1, 2, 3–4, 5, 6, 7–8, 9, 10, 11–12, 13–14, 15, 16, 17–18, 19–20, 21, 22, 23, 24

sexuality 1, 2–3, 4, 5

shame 1–2, 3, 4–5

shared humorous fantasies 1, 2, 3, 4

sharp/sharpness 1, 2, 3, 4, 5–6

shock effect 1, 2– 3, 4, 5–6, 7, 8, 9–10, 11–12, 13, 14–15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21

shortcomings, jokes about 1– 2

sick jokes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5–6, 7, 8–9, 10, 11, 12–13, 14

silly 1– 2

simple/simplicity 1, 2–3, 4–5, 6, 7

Simpsons 1, 2

sitcom 1–2, 3–4, 5

sociable/sociability 1, 2– 3, 4– 5, 6, 7, 8, 9–10, 11–12, 13–14, 15

– as translation of gezellig 1, 2

social fact 1, 2

social mobility 1, 2, 3–4, 5

Sonneveld, Wim 1, 2, 3, 4–5, 6

Space Shuttle

– jokes about 1,2

speech see communication

spontaneous/spontaneity 1, 2, 3, 4–5, 6, 7–8, 9–10

surprise 1– 2

stand up comedy 1

status 1, 2– 3, 4– 5, 6, 7, 8–9, 10,11,12

Stern, Howard 1, 2

stupidity, jokes about 1– 2, 3, 4–5, 6–7, 8, 9

style 1– 2, 3, 4–5, 6–7

subcultures 1, 2

superiority 1, 2–3

survey see questionnaire

Surinam/Surinamese 1, 2, 3

– jokes about 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

taboo 1, 2, 3, 4–5, 6–7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

Tailleur, Max 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

taste culture 1, 2

tempo 1, 2

threshold of embarrassment 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

trade see sales

transgression 1, 2, 3–4, 5–6, 7, 8–9, 10–11, 12–13, 14

– appreciation of 1–2, 3–4, 5– 6

– avoidance of 1–2, 3

– and non-seriousness 1– 2

– and solidarity 1–2, 3–4, 5

translation 1,2

Teeuwen, Hans 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10,11,12

television 1– 2, 3, 4, 5

television comedy 1, 2– 3, 4– 5, 6

– American 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

– British 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

temptation 1– 2

trickle down 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10,11,12

TROS 1, 2

Turks 1, 2

– jokes about 1, 2, 3, 4, 5–6, 7, 8, 9–10, 11–12, 13, 14

United Kingdom 1, 2, 3, 4

United States/America 1, 2, 3, 4–5, 6– 7,8– 9,10– 11

university 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

urban culture 1, 2– 3

VARA 1, 2, 3

variability 1

vaudeville see revue (genre)

Visscher, Bert 1, 2, 3

van Vliet, Paul 1, 2, 3, 4

volks 1– 2

VPRO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Waardenberg, Martin and Wilfried de Jong 1, 2

Weber, Max 1, 2, 3

women 1– 2, 3, 4–5, 6–7

– cannot tell jokes 1–2, 3–4

– representation of in jokes 1

– and sensitivity 1, 2–3

wordplay 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

work 1, 2, 3–4

– blue collar 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

– white collar 1, 2, 3, 4

wit 1, 2, 3, 4–5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

youth culture 1– 2, 3, 4