Analyses of humour often focus primarily on the Global North, with little consideration for examples and practices from elsewhere. This book provides a vital contribution to humour theory by developing a Global South perspective.Taking a wide-ranging view across the whole of the continent, the book examines the relationship between humour and politics in Africa. It considers the context of the production and reception of humour in African contexts and argues that humour is more than just symbolic. Moving beyond the idea of humour as a mode of resistance, the book investigates the 'political work' that humour does and explores the complex entanglements in which the politics, practices and performances of humour are located.

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Information

Publisher

Bristol University Press

Year

2023

ISBN

9781529219722

Edition

Topic

Politics & International Relations

Subtopic

International Relations

Index

Politics & International Relations

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Figures
About the Authors
Acknowledgements
Preamble: Have You Heard the One about the Three Academics?
One Humour and Politics in Africa: An Overview
Two Multiple For(u)ms of Resistance: Humour, Agency and Power
Three Beyond the Symbolic: Humour in Action
Four Between Jokes: Silence and Ambiguities within Humour
Five The Last Laugh?
Notes
References
Index