in between political critique and public entertainment
Published:
c2011
Publisher:
John Benjamins Pub. Co, Amsterdam
If politics is a serious matter and humour a funny one, this volume investigates how and why the boundaries between the two are blurred: politics can be represented in a humorous manner and humour can have a serious intent. Political humour conveys...
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If politics is a serious matter and humour a funny one, this volume investigates how and why the boundaries between the two are blurred: politics can be represented in a humorous manner and humour can have a serious intent. Political humour conveys criticism against the political status quo and/or recycles and reinforces dominant views on politics. The data analysed comes from European states with different sociopolitical histories and traditions and the methodologies adopted originate in different fields (discourse analysis, folklore and cultural studies, media studies, sociolinguistics, soci
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Studies in Political Humour; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of tables and figures; 1. Humour in politics and the politics of humour: An introduction; 1. Debunking myths on political humour; 2. Some basic concepts and terminology; 3. Political humour: Definition, genres, and functions; 4. The (side-)effects of political humour; 6. A brief overview of this volume; Acknowledgments; References; Part I. Humour by politicians; 2. Fun in the German parliament?; 1. Are German politicians funny?; 2. Corpus; 3. What are Heiterkeit and Lachen?
4. Laughing - Lachen5. Amusement - Heiterkeit; 6. Conclusion; References; 3. Informal talk in formal settings: Humorous narratives in Greek parliamentary debates; 2. Humour, narratives, and humorous narratives; 3. Parliamentary discourse in the Greek context; 4. Data analysis; 5. Discussion and concluding remarks; Acknowledgements; References; 1. Introduction; 2. Research on political humour; 3. The aftermath of December 2008 riots; 4. The data under analysis; 5. The analysis of the data; 6. Discussion and conclusions; References
5. Entertaining and enraging: The functions of verbal violence in broadcast political deba1. Introduction; 2. Verbal aggression and humour in the media; 3. Hearer types in televised debates; 4. Aggression in electoral debates; 5. Conclusions and final comments; References; Part II. Political humour in the media; 6. Political satire dies last: A study on democracy, opinion formation, and political sat; 1. Introduction; 4. Humour techniques in The Animated Planet Show; 5. The end of the show and some concluding remarks; Acknowledgments; Primary sources; References; Appendix I; Appendix II
1. Introduction2. Being Berlusconi: The image of a leader; 4. Causing a RaiOt: The removal of Guzzanti from the airwaves; 5. Reperto RaiOt and beyond; 6. Conclusions; Multimedia sources; Television; References; 8. Mocking Fascism: Popular culture and political satire as counter-hegemony; 1. Introduction; 2. The data of the study; 3. Popular culture as counter-hegemony; 4. The role of the cartoonist; 5. Contradictory consciousness and popular culture; 6. The analysis of caricatures; 7. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Part III. Public debates and political humour
9. Politics of taste in a post-Socialist state: A case study1. Introduction; 2. Ethnic jokes, ethnic identity, and political correctness; 3. The cultural and historical background of the polemics; 4. The case study; 6. Discussion; Acknowledgements; References; 10. Humour and Stalin in a National Theatre of Greece postmodern production: Stalin: A Discussion about Greek Theatre; 1. Introduction; 2. Key concepts concerning humour discussion in the production; 3. Humour and political discourse in Stalin: A Discussion about Greek Theatre; 5. Parody and hyperdetermination; 7. Concluding remarks
