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ShodhKosh Journal of Visual and Performing Arts, 2023 A politically conversant and sophisticated public is a major requisite for the development and functioning of a sound democracy. However, politics being an intricate subject doesn’t usually catch a fancy of an average man.
Pratibha Rani, Dr. Sudarshan Yadav
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Power and satire in the front-page images of Mariano Rajoy: visual motifs as political humour
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2021 This article explores the use of photography and visual motifs as forms of political humour in contemporary media. By studying the representation of former Prime Minister of Spain Mariano Rajoy in the front pages of three Spanish newspapers (El Mundo, El
M. Garin, Daniel Pérez-Pamies
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Humour as resistance: Disaster humour in post-9/11 United States
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2015 This paper studies the evolution of political humour in media in the United States after 9/11. Previous research has identified patterns in the evolution of jokes on the Internet but a study of patterns of humour in mainstream media remain scarce.
Aju Basil James
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The European Journal of Humour Research, 2023 The paper deals with Ukrainian President’s Zelensky image in political cartoons and memes. They are forms of political humour and can be examined in an interdisciplinary manner.
Orest Semotiuk, Viktoriya Shevchenko
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The European Journal of Humour Research, 2017 This study investigates the diffusion of a new political language based on humour and irony into Turkish politics. The Taksim Gezi Park Protests, in addition to introducing a new subject to Turkish politics, led to a new language that places humour at ...
Gunes Ekin Aksan
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Editorial for special issue on education and humour: Education and humour as tools for social awareness and critical consciousness in contemporary classrooms [PDF]
, 2015 It is not new to consider the instructive power of humour. Both Plato and Aristotle, through their superiority theories, saw the benefit of wit as a social corrective, although they remained suspicious of the uneducated laughter of the masses (Plato in ...
Lindo, LM, Mora, RA, Weaver, S
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Clowning and tragic clowning: Miguel de Unamuno as a funny writer [PDF]
, 2016 The present study considers the role and function that humour has in Unamuno’s intellectual and literary universe. It traces Unamuno’s attitude to humour to his reading of the Spanish character in En torno al casticismo (1895) and to his dialogue with ...
Roberts, Stephen G.H.
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The European Journal of Humour Research, 2021 Humour has a unique way of delineating social boundaries, and comedy can function as a double-edged sword; it can strengthen bonds and bring people together, or divide through provocation and violation of social norms.
Sara Ödmark
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Echoes of counterculture in Stefano Benni's humour [PDF]
, 2005 Stefano Benni’s first novel, Terra! (1983) - a sci-fi spoof and a satire of contemporary life - set the trend for his subsequent fiction. Blending fantasy, pop culture, literary pastiche and current affairs, Benni’s political and social satires have been
Boria, M
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Alfred Nobel University Journal of Philology, 2023 The problem of humour is complex and transcends aesthetic boundaries. Laughter is a product of interactions between individuals, social groups, cultures and epochs, with a far-reaching significance that attracts the attention of various scientific fields.
Yuliia O. Savina
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