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Deconstructive humour: subverting Mexican and Chicano stereotypes in ‘Un Día Sin Mexicanos’ [PDF]

, 2012
a long time, US cinema developed unshakeable stereotypes of Mexican ‘otherness’, with characters of Mexican cultural and ethnic heritage stigmatised as criminals or as sensual objects of desire.
Barrow, Sarah
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The Belarus-Poland migrant crisis

The European Journal of Humour Research
The migrant crisis on the Polish-Belarusian and Lithuanian-Belarusian borders has resulted in border crossing restrictions and the construction of walls separating Poland and Lithuania from Belarus.
Anastasiya Fiadotava, Władysław Chłopicki   +1 more
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Editorial: Dis laf fit kill person - An overview of Nigerian humour

The European Journal of Humour Research, 2018
In Nigeria, in relation to the aforesaid functions, everyday citizens and professional humourists use humour to express their expectations from and disappointments in the socio-political leadership of the country.
Ibukun Filani
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Dominion cartoon satire as trench culture narratives: complaints, endurance and stoicism [PDF]

, 2014
Although Dominion soldiers’ Great War field publications are relatively well known, the way troops created cartoon multi-panel formats in some of them has been neglected as a record of satirical social observation.
Anderson B., Ashworth T., Audouin-Rouzeau S., Audouin-Rouzeau S., Bakhtin M., Bet-El I. R., Cambridge University Library, Chapman J., Chapman J. L., Chapman J. L., Chapman J. L., Condon J., Cook T., Dan Ellin, Eksteins M., Freud S., Fuller J. G., Fussell P., Hiley N., Holmes R., Hynes S., Jane Chapman, Kent D. A., Keshen J. A., Morton D., Mulkay M., National Library of Australia (NLA), National Library of Singapore, Nelson R. L., Pegum J., Roper M., Seal G., The National Archives, Wise N.   +33 more
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Phenomenon of Political Humour in the KVN TV-Show

Bulletin of Kemerovo State University Series Political Sociological and Economic sciences, 2019
The present research investigates the phenomenon of political humour in modern Russian TV shows. The paper features the case of such wits and humour competition as the KVN Show (The Club of the Funny and Sharp-witted).
Андрей Барашков, A. Barashkov   +1 more
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The writerly reporter: Saki as correspondent for The Outlook

The European Journal of Humour Research, 2014
In February of 1914 Saki began to write Potted Parliament (‘potted’ being the English expression for ‘in a nutshell’ or ‘for dummies’) for The Outlook, a London weekly. His commentary contains much satire.
Lorene M. Birden
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Does Humour Influence Perceptions of the Ethicality of Female-Disparaging Advertising? [PDF]

, 2018
This article responds to calls for further research on ethical issues in advertising. The study examines whether advertising strategies which use female-disparaging themes are perceived as ethical, and what effect this has on ad and brand attitudes.
Balabanis, G., Grougiou, V., Manika, D.
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Circularity, Sustainability, and the Quality of Coffee Sold via Vending Machines: What Do Italian Consumers Prefer?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vending is an important sector in the daily lives of many people, and coffee is the most frequently consumed product in the European market. Like many other sectors, vending is responding to the challenge of sustainable development by taking various actions, such as offering increasingly ecologically sound coffee while maintaining/improving ...
Alberto Bertossi, Stefania Troiano, Francesco Marangon   +2 more
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Are Jordanians (still) 'humourless'?

The European Journal of Humour Research, 2023
This article discusses the stereotypical misrepresentations held about Jordanians being ‘humourless,’ and how had the 1989 political opening affected the production and reception of humour in the country.
Yousef Barahmeh
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The Diagnosis That Arrived Decades Late: Living Without and Then With Myhre Syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myhre syndrome (MIM #139210) is a rare multisystem disorder first described in 1981, characterized by short stature, neurodevelopmental delay, joint contractures, and cardiopulmonary complications. Its molecular basis, recurrent pathogenic variants in SMAD4, was not discovered until 2011. This narrative is based on a review of medical records,
Abdallah F. Elias
wiley   +1 more source