Humour in political activism : creative nonviolent resistance /: creative nonviolent resistance. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Majken Jul Sørensen.
• Authors: Sørensen, Majken Jul
• Contents: Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Tables; 1: Introduction; 2: Humour and Pockets of Resistance; Introduction; What Is Humour?; Political Humour as Subversion or a Vent for Frustration?; Humorous Political Stunts; The "Play of Politics"; Power, Resistance and Discursive Guerrilla War; Conclusion; Notes; 3: Humorous Political Stunts from Around the World; Introduction; Supportive Humorous Political Stunts; Housewives Celebrate the Australian Prime Minister; Challenges Camouflaged as Support; Corrective Humorous Political Stunts. Arms Export and Child Labour as Ethical Investments in Belgium Kidney Donations as Public Entertainment in The Netherlands; Revealing Wrongs and Suggesting Alternatives Through Corrections; Naïve Humorous Political Stunts; Santas Hand out Gifts from the Shop Shelves in Denmark; Announcement of Sports Result Disguises Opposition in Burma; Aerobics Dance as "Protest Without Protesting" in Thailand; Sidestepping Confrontation with Naïveté; Absurd Humorous Political Stunts; Carnival and Candy Disrupt Communist Control in Poland. Clowns and Children Interview Soldiers in Colombia During Military Parade Vulnerabilities Exposed with Absurdity; Provocative Humorous Political Stunts; Insulting Bridge Painting in Russia; Teddy Bears Parachuting in Support for Human Rights Over Belarus; Confronting Power with Provocation; Humorous Political Stunts and the Play of Politics; Conclusion; Notes; 4: Facilitating Outreach, Mobilisation and a Culture of Resistance; Introduction; The Anti-Militarist Network Ofog; Reaching Out Through Humour; Reality AB; Svensk Vapenfadder. Refining Recruitment Ads from the Armed Forces Facilitating Outreach to the General Public; Facilitating Mobilisation of New Activists; Facilitating a Culture of Resistance; Radical Clowning; Sustaining a Culture of Resistance with Radical Clowning; Internal-External Humour; Conclusion; Notes; 5: Confronting the State Through Humorous Political Activism; Introduction; KMV and Total Resistance; Spectacles for Mainstream Media; The Role of KMV's Humorous Political Stunts; Combining Humour with Suing the Norwegian State; The Legal Procedures That Changed the Law. Gaining Attention Through a Broad Campaign Confronting the State Conclusion; Notes; 6: Dilemmas and Risks in Humorous Political Activism; Introduction; Unserious About the Issue; Humour Can be Misunderstood; Mixing the Humorous and Non-Humorous; Ridicule Can be Experienced as Abuse; Cynicism Might Make People Disillusioned; Conclusion; Notes; 7: Humorous Political Stunts and Theory of Nonviolent Action; Introduction; Nonviolent Action; Dialogue Facilitation; Power Breaking; Utopian Enactment; Normative Regulation; Humour and Theory of Nonviolent action; Conclusion; Notes.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 808.7; Political science; Political satire; Political activists -- Humor; Passive resistance; Wit and humor; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric; REFERENCE -- Writing Skills; Passive resistance; Political activists; Political satire; Wit and humor; Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy; Politics & government; Political structures: democracy; Political communication; Democracy; Political Science -- General; Political science & theory; Electronic books; Humor
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137573469; 1137573465
• Related ISBNs: 9781137573452; 1137573457
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed on October 4, 2016).
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