Studies in Political Humour: In Between Political Critique and Public Entertainment

Studies in Political Humour......Page 2
Editorial page......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
LCC data......Page 5
Table of contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
List of tables and figures......Page 10
1. Debunking myths on political humour......Page 12
2. Some basic concepts and terminology......Page 14
3. Political humour: Definition, genres, and functions......Page 16
4. The (side-)effects of political humour......Page 20
5. How “serious” can political humour be?......Page 26
6. A brief overview of this volume......Page 27
References......Page 33
Part I. Humour by politicians......Page 42
1. Are German politicians funny?......Page 44
2. Corpus......Page 45
3. What are Heiterkeit and Lachen?......Page 48
4. Laughing - Lachen......Page 49
5. Amusement - Heiterkeit......Page 52
6. Conclusion......Page 69
References......Page 70
1. Introduction: Can formal settings “afford” informal talk?......Page 72
2. Humour, narratives, and humorous narratives......Page 75
3. Parliamentary discourse in the Greek context......Page 77
4. Data analysis......Page 79
5. Discussion and concluding remarks......Page 86
References......Page 88
1. Introduction......Page 94
2. Research on political humour......Page 96
3. The aftermath of December 2008 riots......Page 98
4. The data under analysis......Page 99
5. The analysis of the data......Page 101
6. Discussion and conclusions......Page 115
References......Page 117
1. Introduction......Page 120
2. Verbal aggression and humour in the media......Page 121
3. Hearer types in televised debates......Page 126
4. Aggression in electoral debates......Page 131
5. Conclusions and final comments......Page 137
References......Page 138
Part II. Political humour in the media......Page 146
1. Introduction......Page 148
2. The Animated Planet Show’s structure and content: A brief overview......Page 151
3. Political satire, parody, and “pasquinaded” politicians......Page 156
4. Humour techniques in The Animated Planet Show......Page 161
5. The end of the show and some concluding remarks......Page 167
Acknowledgments......Page 169
References......Page 170
Appendix I......Page 173
Appendix II......Page 174
1. Introduction......Page 178
2. Being Berlusconi: The image of a leader......Page 181
3. Silvio: Guzzanti’s interpretation of Berlusconi......Page 183
4. Causing a RaiOt: The removal of Guzzanti from the airwaves......Page 189
5. Reperto RaiOt and beyond......Page 192
6. Conclusions......Page 197
Television......Page 198
References......Page 199
1. Introduction......Page 202
2. The data of the study......Page 203
3. Popular culture as counter-hegemony......Page 204
4. The role of the cartoonist......Page 208
5. Contradictory consciousness and popular culture......Page 209
6. The analysis of caricatures......Page 214
7. Conclusions......Page 221
References......Page 222
Part III. Public debates and political humour......Page 226
1. Introduction......Page 228
2. Ethnic jokes, ethnic identity, and political correctness......Page 229
3. The cultural and historical background of the polemics......Page 231
4. The case study......Page 235
5. The public negotiation of “good” and “bad” humour......Page 245
6. Discussion......Page 247
References......Page 249
1. Introduction......Page 254
2. Key concepts concerning humour discussion in the production......Page 256
3. Humour and political discourse in Stalin: A Discussion about Greek Theatre......Page 257
4. Theatrical parody: Props, actors’ codes, intersemiotic parody......Page 260
5. Parody and hyperdetermination......Page 264
6. “Send me some nature” or the “Siberia” episode: Irony and hyperdetermination......Page 274
7. Concluding remarks......Page 278
References......Page 279
11. Postscript: A final (?) note on political humour......Page 282
References......Page 288
Contributors......Page 290
Name index......Page 294
Subject index......Page 298