Associate Professor
Emeritus
301.405.1360
lemintz@umd.edu
Lawrence E. Mintz's research is in American popular
culture and American humor. He is particularly interested in television,
standup comedy, popular literature, and theater (performance, popular
entertainments). Some of his research emphasizes ethnicity in popular
culture and humor. His current research deals with performance comedy
(standup comedy, variety theater humor, performance art, humor in magic,
juggling, circus, and other performance entertainments).
Degrees:
Ph.D. American
Studies/English (Michigan State University, 1969)
M.A. English (Michigan State University, 1967)
B.A. English (University of South Carolina, 1966)
Publications:
- "Unity
and Diversity in American Humor." Humor: International Journal of Humor
Research 12:3 (1999) 237-252.
- "In a
Sense Abroad: The Image of Europe in Busch Gardens' The Old Country
and Walt Disney World's World Showcase." Journal of Popular Culture
32:3 (Winter 1998) 47-58.
- "Humor
and Ethnic Stereotypes in Vaudeville and Burlesque." MELUS 21:4 (Winter
1996) 20-28.
- "American
Humor Looks at Family Values," in Peter Freese and Michael Porsche,
eds., Popular Culture in the United States, Essen, Germany: Die Blaue
Eule Verlag, 1994.
- Ethos
and Pathos in Chaplin's City Lights, Adolphe Nysenholc, ed., Charles
Chaplin: Approach to Semiotics: Approaches to Semiotics, Berlin, Mouton
deGryter, 1989.
- Lawrence
E, Mintz, ed., Humor in America, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1988.
"The Standup Comedian as Social and Cultural Mediator." American Quarterly
37 (Spring 1985): 71-80.
- "Situation
Comedy." TV Genres. Ed. Brian Rose. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985.
105-129.
- "Devil
and Angel: Philip Roth's Humor." Studies in American Jewish Literature
8 (Fall 1989): 154-67.
Courses Taught (previously; no planned teaching):
Critics
of American Culture (undergraduate)
Humor in America (undergraduate)
Popular Culture in America (undergraduate and graduate)
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