Politics of Joking

Politics of Joking
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Publisher : Routledge
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ISBN-10 : 1138314056
ISBN-13 : 9781138314054
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Book Synopsis Politics of Joking by : Jana Kopelentova Rehak

Download or read book Politics of Joking written by Jana Kopelentova Rehak and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book engages anthropologically with humor as political expression. It reveals how humor is in many instances at the center of human efforts to cope with political struggle and a significant key to understanding power dynamics in socio-political life. The chapters examine humor and joking activities across a diverse range of geographic areas and cultural contexts. The contributors consider humor as it is constituted in political anxiety, aggression and power, and when it becomes a tool to resist, repair, reconcile or make a moral claim. Collectively they demonstrate that humor can provide a powerful critique, a non-violent form of political protest and the space for restoration of human dignity.


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