Simon Weaver

Broschiertes Buch

The Rhetoric of Racist Humour

US, UK and Global Race Joking

Beschreibung

An engaging exploration of modern, late modern and fluid or postmodern humour, Weaver draws on the social theory of Zygmunt Baumann to examine the linguistic structure of humour, arguing that, being similar to metaphor, it is prone to be convincing. Deconstructing the dominant form of racism aimed at black people in the US, and Asians in the UK, this book shows how it expresses and supports racial stereotypes, while exploring the forms of resistance presented by Black and Asian comedians.

Autor

Simon Weaver is Research Associate in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of Leicester, UK

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781138624665
• ISBN-10: 1138624667
• Artikelnr.: 69898136