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The Politics of Laughter in the Social Media Age

The Politics of Laughter in the Social Media Age

Perspectives from the Global South

by Shepherd Mpofu
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Publication Date: 05/12/2021

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Chapter 1: Introduction
Part 1: Humour, Ridicule and Politics
Chapter 2: the Aesthetics of 'laughing at Power' in an African Cyber Sphere
Chapter 3: This Is a Laughing Matter: Social Media as a Sphere of Trolling Power in Malawi and Zimbabwe
Chapter 4: Memes, Politics and Social Criticism in the Global South: Culture of Political Satire in Contemporary Kerala, India
Chapter 5: Speaking "truth" to Power? Political Satire and the Mediation of the Zimbabwean Crisis in the "new Dispensation Era".
Chapter 6: Humour, Politics and Mnangagwa's Presidency: a Reception Study of Civic Intellectuals
Chapter 7. Visualising Politicians Through the Prism of Political Memes
Chapter 8: Inside-out: Politicians Disparaging Electorates and Democracy With Humour -the Case of Senator Dino Melaye in Nigeria
Part 2: Humour and the Everyday
Chapter 9: Laughing at Trouble: an Exploration of Online Economic Satire in Zimbabwe
Chapter 10: the Curious Case of "coconut Kelz" a Rhetorical Analysis of a South African Satirist's Use of Humour to Engage in Persuasive Commentary on Social Issues
Chapter 11: 'humor and the Politics of the Everyday': Reading Amateur Online Videos in Zimbabwe as a Subaltern Counter-public
Chapter 12: Pastoral and Presidential Parody in the Digital Space: an Analysis of Naijas Craziest
Chapter 13: Humour as Core Brand Element in Digital Public Speaking Assessment in South Africa
Part 3: Humour, Ridicule and Identity
Chapter 14: 'if Ever I Offended You I Am Sorry': Body Shaming and Embodied Racist Humour and Black Twitter in South Africa
Chapter 15: Gender Performances and Irony in the Online Presentification Narrative: a Study of the "Katylene" Case in Brazil
Chapter 16: Digital Football Fandom, Ethnicity and the Fragile Zimbabwe National Identity
Chapter 17: Mental Models and the Myth of Multiculturalism and Postracialism in Zapiro and Yalo's Cartoons on Social Media
Chapter 18: Humour, Identity and Ethnicity in the Zimbabwean Political Landscape
Chapter 19: Laughter in Turbulent Times: Comedy and Religion in the Rise of Brazil's Far Right
ISBN:
9783030819682
9783030819682
Category:
Political science & theory
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
05-12-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:
Switzerland
Dimensions (mm):
210x148mm
Weight:
0.6kg

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