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Wrenchingly Funny: Self-Deprecatory Humor and Self-Construction in American Online Diaries


Viviane Serfaty


Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée
April 7, 2004

HUMOR BY SELF, pp. 157-166, Sylvie Crinquand ed., University of Dijon, 2004

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This study applies Freud's analysis of humor and witticisms to online diaries, in an attempt to elucidate the functions of humor in self-representational writing.

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Serfaty, Viviane, Wrenchingly Funny: Self-Deprecatory Humor and Self-Construction in American Online Diaries (April 7, 2004). HUMOR BY SELF, pp. 157-166, Sylvie Crinquand ed., University of Dijon, 2004. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1608006

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Viviane Serfaty (Contact Author)
Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée ( email )
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5, Bd Descartes
Champs sur Marne, Marne-la-Vallée Cedex 2 77454
France
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