in between political critique and public entertainment
Erschienen:
2011
Verlag:
J. Benjamins Pub, Amsterdam
If politics is a serious matter and humour a funny one, this volume investigates how and why the boundaries between the two are blurred: politics can be represented in a humorous manner and humour can have a serious intent. Political humour conveys...
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Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
Fernleihe:
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If politics is a serious matter and humour a funny one, this volume investigates how and why the boundaries between the two are blurred: politics can be represented in a humorous manner and humour can have a serious intent. Political humour conveys criticism against the political status quo and/or recycles and reinforces dominant views on politics. The data analysed comes from European states with different sociopolitical histories and traditions and the methodologies adopted originate in different fields (discourse analysis, folklore and cultural studies, media studies, sociolinguistics, soci
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Texts in Estonian, German, Greek, Italian, Polish and Romanian with English translation. - Description based on print version record
