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'Totalitarian Humour'? National Socialist Propaganda and Active Audiences in Entertainment

History Workshop Journal, 2015
What are the dynamics of communication in authoritarian systems and dictatorships? For a long time historians were drawn to simple models of stimulus and response: the dictator speaks and the people react. But in recent years, it has been repeatedly pointed out that propaganda, like any form of communication, runs in two directions.
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What is the temperamental basis of humour like in China? A cross‐national examination and validation of the standard version of the state–trait cheerfulness inventory

International Journal of Psychology, 2019
The State–Trait Cheerfulness Inventory–trait version (STCI‐T60) consists of three dimensions of cheerfulness, seriousness, and bad mood integrated to measure the temperamental basis of the sense of humour. The present study replicated the three‐dimensional factor structure of the STCI in China using 60 items consistent with other standard trait ...
Lau C., Chiesi F., Saklofske D. H., Yan G.   +3 more
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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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Feeling superior? National identity and humour in British castles

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

Strategic humour: Public diplomacy and comic framing of foreign policy issues

British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 2022
Dmitry Chernobrov
exaly  

HUMOURS OF THE ENGLISH NATION

2015
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International misrecognition: The politics of humour and national identity in Israel’s public diplomacy

European Journal of International Relations, 2019
Rebecca Adler-Nissen
exaly  

Canadian Humour and National Culture

2006
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Conclusion: A national sense of humour?

2007
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'Hey, you're dead!': the multiple uses of humour in representations of British national defence in the Second World War

Journal of European Studies, 2001
Peniston-Bird, Corinna M., Summerfield, A. P.   +1 more
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