Editorial:
Editorial:
Confronting power with laughter
Author(s): Villy Tsakona, Diana Elena PopaSubject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Communication studies, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, Editorial
Published by: Krakowskie Towarzystwo Popularyzowania Wiedzy o Komunikacji Językowej Tertium
Summary/Abstract: This special issue includes 6 of the papers which were part of the political humour panel in Krakow one year ago. In the present introduction we will try to discuss some recent developments in the analysis of political humour, as brought to the surface by recent publications. We will try to avoid long references to concepts and issues that were extensively discussed in Tsakona & Popa (2011b), even though some overlapping may eventually be inevitable. Hopefully, the papers included here and the ensuing discussion will allow us to shed some new light on political humour and to open new horizons to future political humour researchers.
Journal: The European Journal of Humour Research
- Issue Year: 1/2013
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 1-9
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English