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Creative resistance : political humor in the Arab uprisings / Sabine Damir-Geilsdorf, Stephan Milich (editions.)

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, (c)2020.Description: 1 online resource (332 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783837640694
  • 3837640698
  • 9783839440698
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DS39 .C743 2020
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Content -- Forms and Functions of Political Humor in Arab Societies -- Beyond Tanfis -- Humor, Mockery and Defamation in Western Sahara -- "We Started to Celebrate Being Egyptian" -- From Equanimity to Agony -- A Festival of Resistance -- Towards an Understanding of the Role of Political Satire in Sudan -- "Candies from Eastern Ghouta" -- If a Duck is Drawn in the Desert, Does Anybody See It? -- Dealing with Politics in Palestine -- From Kuwait's Margins to Tolaytila's Mainstream -- A Critique of Religious Sectarianism through Satire -- Authors
Subject: During the uprisings of the Arab Spring between 2010 and 2012, oppositional movements used political humor to criticize political leaders or to expose the absurdities of the socio-political conditions. These humorous expressions in various art forms such as poetry, stand-up comedy, street art, music, caricatures, cartoons, comics and puppet shows were further distributed in the social media. This first comprehensive study of political humor in the uprisings explores the varieties and functions of political humor as a creative tool for resistance. It analyzes humorous forms of cultural expression and their impact on socio-political developments in different countries of the Middle East and North Africa with a special focus on the changing modes of humor.--Publisher's website.
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During the uprisings of the Arab Spring between 2010 and 2012, oppositional movements used political humor to criticize political leaders or to expose the absurdities of the socio-political conditions. These humorous expressions in various art forms such as poetry, stand-up comedy, street art, music, caricatures, cartoons, comics and puppet shows were further distributed in the social media. This first comprehensive study of political humor in the uprisings explores the varieties and functions of political humor as a creative tool for resistance. It analyzes humorous forms of cultural expression and their impact on socio-political developments in different countries of the Middle East and North Africa with a special focus on the changing modes of humor.--Publisher's website.

Frontmatter -- Content -- Forms and Functions of Political Humor in Arab Societies -- Beyond Tanfis -- Humor, Mockery and Defamation in Western Sahara -- "We Started to Celebrate Being Egyptian" -- From Equanimity to Agony -- A Festival of Resistance -- Towards an Understanding of the Role of Political Satire in Sudan -- "Candies from Eastern Ghouta" -- If a Duck is Drawn in the Desert, Does Anybody See It? -- Dealing with Politics in Palestine -- From Kuwait's Margins to Tolaytila's Mainstream -- A Critique of Religious Sectarianism through Satire -- Authors

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