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Seriously funny : Mexican political jokes as social resistance / Samuel Schmidt ; translated by Adam Schmidt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schmidt, Samuel.
- Series:
- UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
- Standardized Title:
- Humor en serio. English
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Mexico--Politics and government--Humor.
- Mexico.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson, [Arizona] : The University of Arizona Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Exploring the ways in which political humor has developed and operated in Mexico over more than four centuries, this is groundbreaking work argues persuasively that political jokes are acts of rebellion: their objective is not to overthrow a government but to correct its mistakes"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Prologue to the Second Spanish Edition
- Introduction
- 1. Political Jokes in a Theoretical Context
- 2. What Does the Mexican Laugh At?
- 3. The Role of Political Jokes in Mexico
- 4. Political Jokes against Mexican Presidents
- 5. Zedillo, Fox, and Calderón
- Postscript
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- "Originally published as Humor en serio by Aguilar Nuevo Siglo, 1996. A second edition, retitled En la mira , was published by Taurus, 2006"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8165-9881-9
- OCLC:
- 871191845
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