Christie Davies
Christie Davies | |
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Born | John Christopher Hughes Davies 25 December 1941 Cheam, Surrey |
Died | 26 August 2017 | (aged 75)
Nationality | Welsh |
Occupation(s) | Academic, Sociologist, Author |
Spouse | Jan |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
Academic work | |
Notable works | Ethnic Humor Around the World: a Comparative Analysis Jokes and their Relation to Society The Mirth of Nations |
John Christopher Hughes "Christie" Davies (25 December 1941 – 26 August 2017) was a British
Early life
He was born John Christopher Hughes Davies in
Career
In 1964, Davies taught economics at the University of Adelaide, South Australia.[4]: 31 After coming back to the UK, he spent two years at the BBC as a radio producer. He then returned to the academia, lecturing at the University of Leeds for three years, followed by a stint as a visiting lecturer in India.[4]: 31 In 1972 he joined the University of Reading as a lecturer in sociology, receiving promotion to a professor in 1984. In 2002 he retired and was appointed professor emeritus at the same university.[4]: 31
In addition to numerous works on humour, censorship and morality, Davies also published a collection of humorous fantasy stories titled Dewi the Dragon.[5]
Humour research
In his 2002 book The Mirth of Nations, Davies criticised the theories which derive humor from conflict and superiority, and argued instead that humor is a form of
Davies was past president of the
Resettling Hong Kong inhabitants in Northern Ireland
In 1983, Davies warned that when Britain handed Hong Kong
Books
- 1973: Wrongful Imprisonment
- 1973: The Reactionary Joke Book, ISBN 0-7234-0494-1
- 1975: Permissive Britain: Social change in the Sixties and Seventies
- 1978: Censorship and Obscenity
- 1990, 1996: Ethnic Humor Around the World: a Comparative Analysis, ISBN 0-253-21081-X
- 1998: Jokes and their Relation to Society
- 1998: The Corporation under Siege
- 2002: The Mirth of Nations, ISBN 0-7658-0096-9; a social and historical study of jokes told in the English-speaking countries, based on archives and other primary sources, including old and rare joke books.
- 2003: (with Goh Abe) Esuniku Joku, gairaigo for "Ethnic joke"
- 2005: Jokes and groups. Monograph Series, 44. ISBN 0-904674-39-8
- 2005, Dewi the Dragon, a collection of humorous fantasy stories
- 2006: The Strange Death of Moral Britain
- 2011: Jokes and Targets, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0-253-22302-4
References
- ^ a b The Mirth of Nations book cover
- ^ Professor Davies; staff webpage
- ^ "Professor Emeritus Christie Davies (1941-2017)".
- ^ a b c d e f "Obituaries: Christie Davies". The Daily Telegraph (UK). 16 September 2017.
- ^ "Bio: Christie Davies". Hungarian Review. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ISBN 978-0-253-22302-9. p. 248.
- ^ International Society for Humor Studies webpage Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "National Archives reveal Hong Kong-to-NI 'spoof'". BBC News Online. 3 July 2015.