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Forceful or Funny? Audience Interpretations of Narrative Persuasion in Satirical Entertainment Media

open access: closedCommunication Studies, 2021
It has been established that narrative entertainment messages have the power to produce persuasive outcomes in audiences, but the specific message components that influence audience responses are n...
John M. Tchernev   +3 more
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Funny enemies: the ‘humorous performative’ in the Stalinist master narrative

open access: closedJournal of Political Ideologies, 2012
The article introduces the category of ‘humorous performativity’ as a characteristic feature of Stalinist public, judicial and political discourse. Taking the lead from Judith Butler's analysis of discursive performativity, the article suggests ways in which the application of the notion of ‘humorous performativity’ can deepen our understanding of the ...
Natalia Skradol
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Breaking the Narrative Ties that Bind in Shyam Selvadurai’s Funny Boy

open access: closedESC: English Studies in Canada, 2012
IN THE CULMINATING CHAPTER of Shyam Selvadurai's novel, Funny Boy, are all the necessary ingredients for a possible rescue fantasy: a principal asks a student to read two British poems about the golden days of yesteryear at a school recital. One poem, "The Best School of All," is meant to help the audience reminisce about their own school days and to ...
Katherine Bell
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THE FUNNY SIDE OF DRUG DEALING: RISK, HUMOR, AND NARRATIVE IDENTITY

open access: closedCriminology, 2017
In this study, we explore the role humor plays in the narrated identities of drug dealers, in their negotiation of the threat of formal punishment, and in their cultural membership and authority. By drawing from interview and observation data gathered from 33 active drug dealers residing in St.
TIMOTHY DICKINSON, RICHARD WRIGHT
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