Satire, Humor and the Construction of Identities.
Zekavat, Massih.
Satire, Humor and the Construction of Identities. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (220 pages) - Topics in Humor Research Series ; v.6 . - Topics in Humor Research Series .
Intro -- Satire, Humor and the Construction of Identities -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Otherness and identity construction -- Chapter 3. Otherness, humor and satire -- Chapter 4. Humor, satire and identity construction -- Chapter 5. Construction of racial and ethnic identities via satire: Construction of racial and ethnic identities via satire -- Otherness in racial and ethnic identities -- ʿUbayd-i Zākānī's Ethics of the Aristocrats -- Chapter 6. Construction of national identities via satire -- Otherness and national identities -- Jonathan Swift's Drapier's Letters -- Chapter 7. Construction of religious identities via satire -- Otherness and religious identities -- Jonathan Swift's A Tale of a Tub -- ʿUbayd-i Zākānī -- Chapter 8. Construction of gender identities via satire -- Otherness in gender identities -- Construction of gender identities via satire -- Juvenal's Satire VI -- Swift and Montagu -- Taʾdīb al-Nisvān and Astarābādī's Maʿāyib al-Rijāl -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Conveys how satire can contribute to the construction of social subjects' identities. It attempts to provide a theoretical ground for a novel understanding of the relationship between satire and identity by finding their common denominator, namely opposition, in order to explain the mechanism through which satire can form identity.
9789027265500
Discourse analysis, Literary.
Electronic books.
P302.5
808.879805
Satire, Humor and the Construction of Identities. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (220 pages) - Topics in Humor Research Series ; v.6 . - Topics in Humor Research Series .
Intro -- Satire, Humor and the Construction of Identities -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Otherness and identity construction -- Chapter 3. Otherness, humor and satire -- Chapter 4. Humor, satire and identity construction -- Chapter 5. Construction of racial and ethnic identities via satire: Construction of racial and ethnic identities via satire -- Otherness in racial and ethnic identities -- ʿUbayd-i Zākānī's Ethics of the Aristocrats -- Chapter 6. Construction of national identities via satire -- Otherness and national identities -- Jonathan Swift's Drapier's Letters -- Chapter 7. Construction of religious identities via satire -- Otherness and religious identities -- Jonathan Swift's A Tale of a Tub -- ʿUbayd-i Zākānī -- Chapter 8. Construction of gender identities via satire -- Otherness in gender identities -- Construction of gender identities via satire -- Juvenal's Satire VI -- Swift and Montagu -- Taʾdīb al-Nisvān and Astarābādī's Maʿāyib al-Rijāl -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Conveys how satire can contribute to the construction of social subjects' identities. It attempts to provide a theoretical ground for a novel understanding of the relationship between satire and identity by finding their common denominator, namely opposition, in order to explain the mechanism through which satire can form identity.
9789027265500
Discourse analysis, Literary.
Electronic books.
P302.5
808.879805