Sorrow As source of humor

1. Power

1.1. Sahlins

1.1.1. Did not believe culture always equaled power

1.1.1.1. Believed in the power of symbols

1.2. Hegemony

1.2.1. Lower class conforms and accepts to upper class

1.2.2. Distinct Class separations

1.3. Foucalt

1.3.1. Believed power was in everything

1.4. Distinct

2. Humor

2.1. Humor used as weapon for the weak

2.2. Resistance allows connection between different people

2.3. Humor is very liberating for some, but yet still seen as conservative by many

3. Ethnography

3.1. Poor use humor as weapon/armour

3.2. Formation of power based on class system

3.3. Lower classes feel less powerful

4. Theoretical

4.1. Goldstein tries to avoid presenting them as "culture of poverty"

4.1.1. Sub Idea 1

4.1.2. Sub Idea 2

4.2. Idea 2

4.3. Idea 3

4.4. Idea 4

5. History

5.1. Monarachy

5.1.1. Marxists

5.1.1.1. Portugal

5.2. Very low level of land reform

5.2.1. Helps contribute to class divisions