“Vivi Pericolosamente”: Christie Davies, Italians and dangerous things
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Keywords

Italian jokes
Jokes about Italians
Memes
Internet humour

How to Cite

Chiaro, D. (2017). “Vivi Pericolosamente”: Christie Davies, Italians and dangerous things. The European Journal of Humour Research, 5(4), 41–50. https://doi.org/10.7592/EJHR2017.5.4.chiaro

Abstract

This essay provides a brief overview of English jokes targeting Italians, and  sets out to show how internet memes are a progression of traditional jokes in which Italians are the butts but with a modern twist.
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