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9780367564018: Humour and the Performance of Power in South Asia: Anxiety, Laughter and Politics in Unstable Times
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ISBN 10: 0367564017 ISBN 13: 9780367564018
Casa editrice: Routledge India, 2022

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This book critically examines the role and politics of humour and the performance of power in South Asia. What does humour do and how does it manifest when lived political circumstances experience ruptures or instability? Can humour that emerges in such circumstances be viewed as a specific narrative on the nature of democracy in the region? Drawing upon essays from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, this volume discusses many crucial historical and contemporary themes, including dance-drama performances in northern India; caste and stand-up comedy in India; cartoon narratives of citizens’ anxieties; civic participation through social media memes in Sri Lanka; media, politics and humorous public in Bangladesh; the politics of performance in India; and the influence of humour and satire as political commentaries. The volume explores the impact of humour in South Asian folklore, ritual performances, media and journalism, and online technologies.

This topical and interdisciplinary book will be essential for scholars and researchers of cultural studies, political science, sociology and social anthropology, media and communication studies, theatre and performance studies, and South Asian studies.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Sasanka Perera is Professor of Sociology at South Asian University, New Delhi, India.

Dev Nath Pathak is Assistant Professor of Sociology at South Asian University, New Delhi, India.

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This book critically examines the role and politics of humour and the performance of power in South Asia. The volume explores the impact of humour in South Asian folklore, ritual performances, media and journalism, and online technologies.

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Editore
Routledge India
Data di pubblicazione
2022
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0367564017
ISBN 13 
9780367564018
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
208
Redattore
Perera Sasanka, Pathak Dev Nath
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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