Elliott Oring (born 20 April 1945) is an American author of academic books primarily relating to the topics of folklore, humor, and cultural symbolism.[1] Oring is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at California State University, Los Angeles, and serves on the Editorial Board of Humor: International Journal of Humor Research.[2][3] In 2010-2011 he was President of the International Society for Humor Studies.
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ElliottOring (born 20 April 1945) is an American author of academic books primarily relating to the topics of folklore, humor, and cultural symbolism...
ElliottOring, "because the situation is incompatible with the world as we know it. Certainly, elephants do not sit in cups of hot chocolate." Oring defined...
the culture of the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1960s. ElliottOring notes that elephant jokes dismiss conventional questions and answers...
California State University anthropology professor and folklore specialist ElliottOring criticized claims about the cabinet, saying, "Go through [the story...
a Theme in Old English Verse. Runetree. p. 32. ISBN 1-898-57710-2. ElliottOring (1 October 2010). Engaging Humor. University of Illinois Press. pp. 24–...
English: An Applied Grammatical Inventory, 2 vols. London: Continuum. ElliottOring (1992) Jokes and Their Relations, University Press of Kentucky, ISBN 0-8131-1774-7...
new humour theories flourishes like mushrooms in the undergrowth: ElliottOring's theoretical discussions on "appropriate ambiguity" and Amy Carrell's...
Oy! The Great Jewish Joke Book. JR Books. ISBN 978-1-906217-62-4. ElliottOring (1984). The Jokes of Sigmund Freud. Univ. of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-7910-7...
and extensive lists of books and articles. To some, like reviewer ElliottOring, the classification system used by Brunvand made The Study of American...
as Life Review." in Folk Groups and Folklore Genres: a Reader, ed. ElliottOring. Logan: Utah State University Press. Rudy, Jill Terry. (2003). "Family...
(1988). Israeli Units Since 1948. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 0-85045-837-4 Oring, Elliott (1981). Israeli Humor: The Content and Structure of the Chizbat of the...
630–35. ISBN 9780874369861. Bronner, Simon J. (1986). "Folk Objects". In Oring, Elliott (ed.). Folk Groups And Folklore Genres: An Introduction. Logan, UT:...
hdl:10447/565825. S2CID 250998574. Retrieved 21 March 2023. Elphick, Chris S; Oring, Lewis W (1 January 2003). "Conservation implications of flooding rice fields...
Quarterly. 79 (4): 581–589. doi:10.1093/mq/79.4.581. JSTOR 742376. Oring, Elliott (2006). "Folk or Lore? The Stake in Dichotomies". Journal of Folklore...
Press. pp. 7–41. ISBN 978-0-252-07109-6. JSTOR 10.5406/j.ctt2ttc8f.5. Oring, Elliott (1986). Folk Groups and Folklore Genres: An Introduction. Logan: Utah...
2307/539731. JSTOR 539731. Bronner, Simon J. (1986). "Folk Objects". In Oring, Elliott (ed.). Folk Groups And Folklore Genres: An Introduction. Logan, UT:...
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