If you want to know what\u27s in Davies\u27 Ethnic Humor Around the World, you\u27ll need to devote some time and energy to the matter. It\u27s a serious study-not the kind you can read at the bus stop or listen to in bits and pieces on a cassette or read excerpted in a popular magazine. Nevertheless, this is a must-read for anyone who\u27s tempted to make such blanket statements as the one that climaxes a currently popular video tape on cultural diversity: There is no place in business or academics for ethnic joking
