死婴笑话

死婴笑话是一类黑色幽默笑话。该类笑话以谜语形式出现，并且以疑问句开头，以荒谬怪诞的笑点句答语收尾。^[1]

历史

民俗学家艾伦·邓德斯（英语：Alan Dundes）表示，死婴笑话有可能最早出现在1960年代初期^[1]。艾伦·邓德斯猜测，死婴笑话起源于1960年代的美国第二波女权主义运动，该运动拒绝接受数百年来女性的传统角色，而且还支持合法堕胎以及避孕^[2]^[3]。美国民众通过越南战争的影像资料也看到了露骨的暴力行为，且经常涉及婴儿，这也是死婴笑话兴起的原因之一^[4]

参考文献

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 Alan Dundes. The Dead Baby Joke Cycle. Western Folklore. July 1979, 38 (3): 145–157. JSTOR 1499238. PMID 11633558. doi:10.2307/1499238.
^ Jokes are a serious, 'psychic' business, San Francisco Examiner, [2023-02-13], （原始内容存档于2023-02-13）
^ That's Not Funny - That's Sick // Folklorist Alan Dundes looks at the serious side of sick jokes. St. Petersburg Times. 2 December 1987.
^ Bronner, Simon J. American Children's Folklore. august house. 1988: 127. ISBN 9780874830682.

[dundes-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Alan Dundes. The Dead Baby Joke Cycle. Western Folklore. July 1979, 38 (3): 145–157. JSTOR 1499238. PMID 11633558. doi:10.2307/1499238.

[2] Jokes are a serious, 'psychic' business, San Francisco Examiner, [2023-02-13], （原始内容存档于2023-02-13）

[3] That's Not Funny - That's Sick // Folklorist Alan Dundes looks at the serious side of sick jokes. St. Petersburg Times. 2 December 1987.

[bronner-4] Bronner, Simon J. American Children's Folklore. august house. 1988: 127. ISBN 9780874830682.

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