There's a book, Laughter out of Place, https://www.amazon.de/Laughter-Out-Place-Shantytown-Anthropology/dp/0520235975 https://www.amazon.de/Laughter-Out-Place-S

There's a book, Laughter out of Place, https://www.amazon.de/Laughter-Out-Place-Shantytown-Anthropology/dp/0520235975 https://www.amazon.de/Laughter-Out-Place-Shantytown-Anthropo..., that talks about gallows humour of people in a particular Rio de Dajeiro favela (amongst other genreal cultural observations). It might interest you or others here; I remember it being pretty well written when I read it more than a decade ago.