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Chapter 11. Postscript
A final (?) note on political humour
- Author(s): Diana Elena Popa 1 and Villy Tsakona 2
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations:1 Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania2 Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
- Source: Studies in Political Humour , pp 271-278
- Publication Date November 2011
Political humour is employed to define the boundaries between opposing political groups and to express discontent against politicians and political acts. The sociopolitical context of its production and circulation not only influences its form, content, functions, and targets, but also determines whether it will be accepted, banned, or manipulated to serve the political agendas of certain groups. Hence, political humour becomes a ritual site where political identities are constantly constructed and (re)negotiated. Drawing on studies coming from different sociocultural communities, the authors underline the variety of humorous genres and communicative functions related to political humour, while they point out that humour research needs to look beyond the metapragmatic stereotype often surrounding the use of humour in politics.
- Affiliations: 1: Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania; 2: Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
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