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Essays on women, men, gender roles and humor as social critique.

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Placing failed humor within the broader category of miscommunication and drawing on a range of conversational data, this text represents the first comprehensive

Examines the effects of television culture on how we conduct our public affairs and how "entertainment values" corrupt the way we think.