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.
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.
Simon Weaver is Research Associate in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of Leicester, UK
Inhaltsangabe
Contents: Introduction: humour and critique The rhetoric of humour Humour and order-building Embodied racism and US internet joking Cultural racism and British stand-up comedy Reverse discourse in Black comic performance Reverse discourse in Asian comic performance Liquid racism and the ambiguities of Ali G Liquid racism and the Danish Prophet Muhammad cartoon Conclusion - the future of race joking Bibliography Appendix Index.
Contents: Introduction: humour and critique The rhetoric of humour Humour and order-building Embodied racism and US internet joking Cultural racism and British stand-up comedy Reverse discourse in Black comic performance Reverse discourse in Asian comic performance Liquid racism and the ambiguities of Ali G Liquid racism and the Danish Prophet Muhammad cartoon Conclusion - the future of race joking Bibliography Appendix Index.
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