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Political Humour and Zimbabwean Identity on Social Media Platforms

Political Humour and Zimbabwean Identity on Social Media Platforms by Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga studies Zimbabwean digital political communication to investigate how political satire constructs, critiques, contests, mediates, and negotiates national ...
M. Msimanga
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A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of laughter and humour interventions on depression, anxiety and sleep quality in adults.

Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2019
AIM To quantify the effect of laughter and humour interventions on depression, anxiety, and sleep quality in adults. DESIGN A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Jinping Zhao, Huiru Yin, Guangwei Zhang, Guichen Li, Binghan Shang, Chunyan Wang, Li Chen   +6 more
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Humour and Healing in Lara Foot Newton’s Reach

Postcolonial Literatures and Arts
Lara Foot Newton’s Reach explores national crises and the limits of forgiveness in post-apartheid South Africa. This article argues that the humour shared between the characters Marion and Solomon allows the reconciliation that occurs between them.
J. Rose
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Laughing Through Silence: Humour, Language and Memory in Dersim Narratives

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism
This article examines how humour shapes collective memory and enables alternative reimaginings of the past among Dersim Alevis, based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Dersim and Istanbul between 2021 and 2023. Drawing on interviews, participant
Özlem Atik
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Chapter 10. Humour and… Stalin in a National Theatre of Greece postmodern production

2011
This study focuses on the function of humour in a postmodern performance which explored Stalinism as a paradigm of power politics and suggested that Stalinism is comparable to Modern Greek theatre. The performance suggests that non-conformist art can be denied acceptance and/or success and that both Stalinism and Modern Greek theatre are powerful ...
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National and cultural specificity of humor in the context of the sitcom “Matchmakers” (“Svaty”)

Problems of cognitive and functional description of Russian and Bulgarian languages
This article analyses Russian humour as a special manifestation of national consciousness and an important element of cultural identity, based on the sitcom ‘Svaty.’ Humour is considered not only as a form of entertainment, but also as an important ...
Tatyyana Terzieva
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Feeling superior? National identity and humour in British castles

Tourism Recreation Research, 2020
Carol Zhang, Philip L Pearce
exaly  

Humour as Aggression: The Case of Ho Lahla Mollo among Students at the National University of Lesotho

2020
Humour is one of the most prevalent features of social life. It pervades human interaction and even occurs in situations where it is not normally regarded as appropriate. Humour has several other functions in human conversation besides just making people laugh. Using a form of joke prevalent among students at the National University of Lesotho known as
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Canadian Humour and National Culture

2006
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Does workplace humour influence work engagement? The role of workplace fun

Current Issues in Tourism, 2023
Kuei-Hsien Chen
exaly