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The rhetoric of racist humour : US, UK and global race joking / Simon Weaver.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weaver, Simon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Racism.
- Wit and humor--Social aspects.
- Wit and humor.
- Joking--Social aspects.
- Joking.
- Rhetoric--Social aspects.
- Rhetoric.
- Physical Description:
- 215 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2011]
- Contents:
- The rhetoric of humour
- Humour and order-building
- Embodied racism and US internet joking
- Cultural racism and British stand-up comedy
- Reverse discourse in Black comic performance
- Reverse discourse in Asian comic performance
- Liquid racism and the ambiguities of Ali G
- Liquid racism and the Danish prophet Muhammad cartoon.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781409420118
- 1409420116
- OCLC:
- 710045053
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