Humour and Politics in Africa: Beyond Resistance

Analyses of humour often focus primarily on the Global North, with little consideration for examples and practices from elsewhere. This book provides a vital contribution to humour theory by developing a Global South perspective. Taking a wide-ranging view across the whole of the continent, the book...

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Beteilige Person: Hammett, Daniel (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Bristol Bristol University Press [2023]
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Links:https://doi.org/10.56687/9781529219739?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.56687/9781529219739?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.56687/9781529219739?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.56687/9781529219739?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.56687/9781529219739?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.56687/9781529219739?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.56687/9781529219739?locatt=mode:legacy
Zusammenfassung:Analyses of humour often focus primarily on the Global North, with little consideration for examples and practices from elsewhere. This book provides a vital contribution to humour theory by developing a Global South perspective. Taking a wide-ranging view across the whole of the continent, the book examines the relationship between humour and politics in Africa. It considers the context of the production and reception of humour in African contexts and argues that humour is more than just symbolic. Moving beyond the idea of humour as a mode of resistance, the book investigates the 'political work' that humour does and explores the complex entanglements in which the politics, practices and performances of humour are located
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mai 2023)
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (168 Seiten)
ISBN:9781529219739
DOI:10.56687/9781529219739