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Book Review: Jessica Milner Davis and Sharyn Roach Anleu (eds), Judges, Judging and Humour

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Watson C (2020) Book Review: Jessica Milner Davis and Sharyn Roach Anleu (eds), Judges, Judging and Humour. Review of: Judges, Judging and Humour, Jessica Milner Davis & Sharyn Roach Anleu, (eds) Judges, Judging and Humour, London: Palgrave, 2018, 335 pp. ISBN: 9783319767376. Sociology, 54 (2), pp. 415-417. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038519872150

Abstract
First paragraph: Writing a book review about humour presents a difficult task. Readers will no doubt expect something funny and will feel let down when their expectations are not met. Why this should be is unclear. After all, as Davis (1993: 4) points out, ‘no one complains when a scientific analysis of sex fails to arouse its readers (and some complain when it does)’.

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Output Type: Book Review

Journal
Sociology: Volume 54, Issue 2

StatusPublished
Publication date01/04/2020
Publication date online12/09/2019
Date accepted by journal12/09/2019
URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/30456
ISSN0038-0385
eISSN1469-8684
Item discussedJudges, Judging and Humour, Jessica Milner Davis & Sharyn Roach Anleu, (eds) Judges, Judging and Humour, London: Palgrave, 2018, 335 pp. ISBN: 9783319767376

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Professor Cate Watson

Professor Cate Watson

Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences