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Humour in Political Activism

eBook - Creative Nonviolent Resistance
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
ISBN/EAN: 9781137573469
Umbreit-Nr.: 4311483

Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 0 S., 3.96 MB
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Erschienen am 23.08.2016
Auflage: 1/2016


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  • Zusatztext
    • <p>This book analyses how humour in political activism contributes to facilitating outreach, mobilisation and the sustaining of cultures of resistance. Drawing on examples of attention-grabbing stunts from around the world,<i>Humour in Political Activism</i>demonstrates how they succeed in turning relations of power upside down.</p><p>The ambiguity and unpredictability of humour, Sørensen argues, makes it difficult to respond to this form of political activism when it is performed in public.  Humorous political stunts can therefore challenge state power, help influence changes in law and make significant contributions to the conversations about how societies should be organised.</p> The book also investigates the potential risks and limitations of using humour in nonviolent action and what makes humour unique compared with other forms of non-humorous political activism.</p><p> </p>
  • Kurztext
    • This book analyses how humour in political activism contributes to facilitating outreach, mobilisation and the sustaining of cultures of resistance. Drawing on examples of attention-grabbing stunts from around the world, Humour in Political Activism demonstrates how they succeed in turning relations of power upside down. The ambiguity and unpredictability of humour, Srensen argues, makes it difficult to respond to this form of political activism when it is performed in public.  Humorous political stunts can therefore challenge state power, help influence changes in law and make significant contributions to the conversations about how societies should be organised. The book also investigates the potential risks and limitations of using humour in nonviolent action and what makes humour unique compared with other forms of non-humorous political activism.  
  • Autorenportrait
    • <p>Majken Jul Sørensen is an Honorary Post-DoctoralResearch Associate at the University of Wollongong, Australia. She haspublished on nonviolent resistance, social movements, humorous politicalactivism, peaceful societies and female conscientious objectors.&nbsp;</p>