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The European Journal of Humour ResearchScholars have shown that there is a longstanding connection between food and humour (Sover & Ben-Meir, 2017) as well as food and questions of identity (Counihan, Van Esterik, & Julier, 2018, Hutnyk, 2000, Wu & Cheung 2002).
Jonathan Ervine
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An Extra Slice of Jo Brand [PDF]
, 2015 In this candid interview Jo Brand, one of Britain’s most popular and successful comedians, discusses her comedy career. Brand shares experiences and critical reflections on a wide range of comedy, from her first stand-up gig in the 1980s through to ...
Lockyer, S
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Pasado y Memoria, 2017 This work analyses the development of the rather unknown satirical press, in the particular period of the Restoration (1874-1923). With the analysis of this type of media, restricted to a specific geographical area, we aim to explain the modernization ...
Antoni Marimon Riutort
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Studia Litteraria et Historica, 2014 Casimir the Great’s Flying Circus presents: ‘The narrowest house in the world – an event on a global scale’. Historical re-enactment on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Aktion Reinhardt The article provides a multifaceted analysis of the ...
Elżbieta Janicka
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What Constitutes 'Discrimination' in Everyday Talk? Argumentative Lines and the Social Representations of Discrimination [PDF]
, 2018 Most people agree that discrimination is wrong, but the boundary between 'discrimination' and 'not discrimination' is often highly contested in everyday practice.
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Between Humour and Violence: The Northern Irish Conflict in Michelle Gallen's Writing
Review of Irish Studies in EuropeA native of County Tyrone, Michelle Gallen has only recently emerged as a writer with her two novels Big Girl Small Town (2020) and Factory Girls (2022), but nonetheless she has managed to set the tone for a new kind of writing in the post-conflict era ...
Kübra Özermis
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Laughing at Cancer Online: a corpus-based investigation of irreverent humour as coping [PDF]
, 2016 In the context of illnesses like cancer, humour and joking, especially gallows humour “that treats serious, frightening, or painful subject matter in a light or satirical way” (Watson 2011: 38), can still be socially unacceptable.
Demjen, Zsofia
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Treasures in jokes and cartoons: You really must be joking! [PDF]
, 2007 Humour has been practically neglected in the teaching of English in Malaysia and Asia as well, perhaps due to the conservative nature of its people. Yet, we go through cartoons in the dailies, enjoy jokes over the radio and try by all means not to miss ...
Vellaykuti, Pokar
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'It’s about expecting the unexpected’: Live stand-up comedy from the audiences’ perspective [PDF]
, 2011 Copyright @ 2011 The Authors.A dearth of research exists that examines live stand-up comedy from the audiences’ perspective. This empirical article redresses this neglect by examining the appeal of live stand-up comedy to audiences and revealing their ...
Myers, L
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Heinrich Zille and the politics of caricature in Germany 1903-1929 [PDF]
, 2008 Apparently, at Heinrich Zille’s funeral in Berlin in 1929 the respective delegates from the socialist town council and the communist party entered into a violent public dispute over his artistic legacy.
Gee, Malcolm
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