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Publisher: Journals Gateway
The New England Quarterly (2009) 82 (4): 608–636.
Published: 01 December 2009
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View articletitled, Of Pastors and Petticoats: Humor and Authority in Puritan New England
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Early Puritan humor usually endorsed Puritanism at the expense of non-Puritans, but during the eighteenth century, Puritans made bolder jokes at the expense of their own ministers. This article examines how Puritans used humor to undermine social authority and how changes in New England society led to changes in Puritan humor.