Simon Weaver

The Rhetoric of Racist Humour (eBook, PDF)

US, UK and Global Race Joking

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317017837
• Artikelnr.: 44815806

Autorenporträt

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.