Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Humor Development: Cognitive, Emotional, and Social Interactions
Doris Bergen (Distinguished Professor Emerita, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA)
Chapter 2. A Kindergarten Class Clown: Play and Empowerment Motives
Eleni Loizou (Associate Professor, Department of Education, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus)
Chapter 3. Humor, Health, and Closeness to Neighbors
Chau-kiu Cheung (City University of Hong Kong, China)
Chapter 4. Humor Detectors: Adolescents’ Theory of Mind and Perceptions of Humor in Self and Other
Sandra Leanne Bosacki (Faculty of Education, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada)
Chapter 5. Complexity and Chaos: Organizational Humor and Emotions
Barbara Plester (University of Auckland, Business School, Auckland, New Zealand)
Chapter 6. Ostensibly Inappropriate Humour: A Case Study of An Emotional Rupture
Peter Branney and Karl Witty (Leeds Beckett University, England)
Chapter 7. Relational Practices of Jocular Mockery: Humor In-Between Connection and Separation
LetĂcia Stallone (Universidade Federal Fluminense, NiterĂłi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Index