Humor and Aging

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
MARTIN B. LOEB (1913–1983), Pages v-vi
Contributors, Pages xiii-xiv
Preface, Pages xv-xvii, LUCILLE NAHEMOW
Acknowledgments, Page xix
INTRODUCTION TO THEORY, Page 1
1 - Humor as a Data Base for the Study of Aging, Pages 3-26, LUCILLE NAHEMOW
2 - Humor across the Life Span: Sources of Developmental Change and Individual Differences, Pages 27-51, PAUL E. MCGHEE
3 - Theoretical and Functional Perspectives on the Development of Humor during Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence, Pages 53-80, C.J.R. SIMONS, KATHLEEN A. MCCLUSKEY-FAWCETT, DENNIS R. PAPINI
4 - Humor, Physiology, and the Aging Process, Pages 81-98, WILLIAM F. FRY JR.
INTRODUCTION TO PERSPECTIVES, Page 99
5 - Attitudes toward Aging Shown by Humor: A Review, Pages 101-119, ERDMAN B. PALMORE
6 - Timing: The Significant Common Variable in Both Humor and Aging, Pages 121-137, MILDRED M. SELTZER
7 - Over the Miles: Coping, Communicating, and Commiserating through Age-Theme Greeting Cards, Pages 139-159, MARGARET HELLIE HUYCK, JAMES DUCHON
8 - The Last Minority: Humor, Old Age, and Marginal Identity, Pages 161-171, NANCY DATAN
INTRODUCTION TO DEATH AND DYING, Page 173
9 - Humor and the Death System: An Investigation of Funeral Directors, Pages 175-198, EDWIN ROSENBERG
10 - Hopi Ritual Clowns and Values in the Hopi Life Span, Pages 199-220, CAROL ANN LORENZ, CHRISTOPHER VECSEY
INTRODUCTION TO BRIEF EMPIRICAL STUDIES OF HUMOR ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN, Pages 221-222
11 - Humor and Aging in Children's Picture Books: Is the Joke on Grandpa?, Pages 223-231, DEBORAH G. VENTIS
12 - Male—Female Long-Term Relationships as a Source of Humor, Pages 233-244, EDWARD F. ANSELLO
13 - The Effect of Humor on the Recovery Rate of Cataract Patients: A Pilot Study, Pages 245-251, KATHLEEN FOX TENNANT
14 - Generational Differences in Humor and Correlates of Humor Development, Pages 253-263, PAUL E. MCGHEE, NANCY J. BELL, NELDA S. DUFFEY
15 - Performers' Views of Humor and Aging, Pages 265-277, LUCILLE NAHEMOW, ALLEN RAYMON
16 - Epilogue: A Nascent Idea for an Eriksonian Model of Humor, Pages 279-284, MARTIN LOEB, VIVIAN WOOD
Author Index, Pages 285-290
Subject Index, Pages 291-294