Rationale of the Dirty Joke
- Rationale of the Dirty Joke
American social critic and folklorist Gershon Legman's "Rationale of the Dirty Joke: An Analysis of Sexual Humor" was first published by Grove Press in 1968; was later reprinted in hardcover by Indiana University, was years out of print until it resurfaced in prints by Simon & Schuster.
See also
* Bawdy (redirects to ribaldry)
* Black comedy
* Humor
* Dirty joke (redirects to off-color humor)
* Innuendo
* Double entendre
* Ribaldry
* Toilet humour
* Off-color humor
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