In Blind Men and Elephants, Arthur Asa Berger uses case histories to show how scholars from different disciplines and scholarly domains have tried to describe and understand humor

Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Mirrors on Mirth: Making Sense of Humor
2. The Messages of Mirth: Humor and Communication Theory
3. The Problem of Laughter: Philosophical Approaches to Humor
4. The Rhetoric of Laughter: The Techniques Used in Humor
5. The Structure of Laughter: Semiotics and Humor
6. From Carnival to Comedy: Literary Theory and Humor
7. The Functions of Laughter: Sociological Aspects of Humor
8. The Politics of Laughter: A Cultural Theory of Humor Preferences
9. On Mind and Mirth: Psychology and Humor
10. Seeing Laughter: Visual Aspects of Humor
11. After the Laughter: A Concluding Note
Bibliography
Name Index
Subject Index
Joke and Humorous Text Index