“Who sharpens the knives in my house?” Belarusian jokes about adultery at the turn of the 21st century
This paper is a tribute to Belarusian folklorist and ethnographer Uladzimir Sysou (1951-1997) whose extensive legacy includes collecting 139 jokes during his field research in southern Belarus in 1995. Due to his untimely death, these jokes and other folklore items remain unpublished and have, to my...
Main Author: | Anastasiya Fiadotava |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies
2018-06-01
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Series: | The European Journal of Humour Research |
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Online Access: | https://www.europeanjournalofhumour.org/index.php/ejhr/article/view/225 |
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