The European Journal of Humour Research

Vol 2, No 1 (2014)

Book review: Roemer, M. (2012), Shocked but Connected: Notes on Laughter. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 288 pp.

Sharon Lockyer

Abstract

Book review: Michael Roemer, Shocked but Connected: Notes on Laughter. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 288 pp.

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