The politics of joking : anthropological engagements /: anthropological engagements. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jana Kopelentova Rehak, Susanna Trnka.
• Editors: Rehak, Jana Kopelentova, 1968-; Trnka, Susanna
• Contents: Introduction Jana Kopelent Rehak 1.You've Got to be Joking: Asserting the Analytical Value of Humor and Laughter in Contemporary Anthropology Yasmine Musharbasch and John Carty 2. Disaster Humor in an Age of Truth-bending Politics Noelle Molé Liston 3. "Joke" Elections: Satirical Activism and Political Opposition in Lithuania Neringa Klumbytė 4.When the Fearful Becomes Funny: Joke-Work in the Midst of Violence Susanna Trnka 5. Humor Against Forgetting: Joking in the Space of Death Jana Kopelent Rehak 6. Chisasibi Cree Hunters and Missionaries: Humor as Evidence of Tension Fikret Berkes 7. Mexican Speech Play: History and the Psychological Discourses of Power José E. Limón 8. The Flesh of Joking Relationships: A Study of Quechua Sexual Farce Camille Riverti 9. Trickster In The Mirror of Play and Anthropological Imagination Václav Soukup 10. Trump's Two Bodies: The Trickster-Wrestler as a Political Type Morten Axel Pedersen 11. "An Army of Comedy": Political Jokes and Tropic Ambiguity in the Trump Era Morten Nielson Afterword: Not All Fun and Games: The Force of Humor in Political Life Susanna Trnka
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306.481; Wit and humor -- Social aspects; Wit and humor -- Political aspects; Wit and humor -- Psychological aspects; Joking -- Social aspects; Joking -- Political aspects; Joking -- Psychological aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429854200; 9780429854217; 9780429854194; 9780429457265
• Related ISBNs: 9781138314047; 9781138314054
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