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American Humor: A Study of the National Character Paperback - 2004
by Constance Rourke; Introduction by Greil Marcus
Rourke's pioneering "study of the national character" examines such legendary figures as the Yankee, the backwoodsman, the minstrel singer, and the stroller to show how the popular comic imagination has contributed to America's changing self-awareness.
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- Title American Humor: A Study of the National Character
- Author Constance Rourke; Introduction by Greil Marcus
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Printing
- Pages 258
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher New York Review of Books, NY
- Date 2004-02-29
- ISBN 9781590170793 / 1590170792
- Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
- Dimensions 7.98 x 5.1 x 0.6 in (20.27 x 12.95 x 1.52 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: New York
- Library of Congress subjects National characteristics, American, National characteristics, American, in
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003025878
- Dewey Decimal Code 817.009
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