Humor and social movements

RV Kutz‐Flamenbaum - Sociology compass, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
At first glance, humor and politics may appear oppositional. Politics is often understood as
serious, important, and grave, while humor is perceived as lighthearted and frivolous …

[图书][B] Social movements in a globalized world

CF Fominaya - 2020 - books.google.com
As the world experiences social unrest, polarization, and faces complex challenges, citizens
are taking to the squares and streets to demand change. From climate change protests to far …

Can poverty be funny? The serious use of humour as a strategy of public engagement for global justice

JD Cameron - Third World Quarterly, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines the use of humour as a strategy to promote increased public
engagement in the countries of the global North with issues of global justice. The central …

Coloring social change: Humor, politics, and social movements

A Takovski - Humor, 2020 - degruyter.com
As many social movements demonstrate, humor can serve as an important resource to resist
oppression, fight social injustice and bring social change. Existing research has focused on …

[图书][B] Resistances: Between Theories and the Field

S Murru, A Polese - 2020 - books.google.com
Our world today is experimenting a time of great power but also of tremendous resistances.
Everywhere, people are brought together by similar burdens and frustration and creatively …

[PDF][PDF] The Dark Side of Laughter: Humour as a Tool for Othering in the Memes of Czech Far-Right Organization Angry Mothers

E Svatoňová - The Power of Morality in Movements, 2023 - library.oapen.org
Far-right grassroot organizations were early adopters of the internet and social media and
have been using it to spread their ideologies, mobilize people and network since the 1990s …

Contra plantation, prison, and capitalist annihilation: collective struggle, social reproduction, and the co-creation of lifegiving worlds

L Gahman - The Journal of peasant studies, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This article demonstrates that the quotidian domain of social reproduction is fertile ground,
and a crucial political terrain upon which to struggle, for revolutionary change. I propose that …

[图书][B] A beginner's guide to building better worlds: Ideas and inspiration from the Zapatistas

L Gahman, N Mohamed, F Penados, JR Reyes… - 2022 - books.google.com
This ambitious book offers radical alternatives to conventional ways of thinking about the
planet's most pressing challenges, ranging from alienation and exploitation to state violence …

[图书][B] Humorous Political Stunts

MJ Sørensen - 2015 - books.google.com
A group of anti-conscription activists break into a prison, demanding to be jailed together
with their friend already locked up because of his beliefs. Clowns from the rebel clown army …

Humour and happiness in an NPM world: Do they speak in jest?

C Hellstrom, I Lapsley - Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 2016 - Elsevier
This study examines perceptions of humour and happiness in a world where NPM ideas
have a profound influence on many aspects of everyday living. The researchers interviewed …