In:Studies in Political Humour: In between political critique and public entertainment
Edited by Villy Tsakona and Diana Elena Popa
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 46] 2011
► pp. v–vi
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Published online: 15 November 2011
https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.46.toc
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Table of contents
Acknowledgementsvii
List of tables and figures
Chapter 1. Humour in politics and the politics of humour: An introduction
Part I. Humour by politicians
Chapter 2. Fun in the German parliament?
Chapter 3. Informal talk in formal settings: Humorous narratives in Greek parliamentary debates
Chapter 4. “Stop caressing the ears of the hooded”: Political humour in times of conflict
Chapter 5. Entertaining and enraging: The functions of verbal violence in broadcast political debates
Part II. Political humour in the media
Chapter 6. Political satire dies last: A study on democracy, opinion formation, and political satire
Chapter 7. Being Berlusconi: Sabina Guzzanti’s impersonation of the Italian Prime Minister between stage and screen
Chapter 8. Mocking Fascism: Popular culture and political satire as counter-hegemony
Part III. Public debates and political humour
Chapter 9. Politics of taste in a post-Socialist state: A case study
Chapter 10. Humour and… Stalin in a National Theatre of Greece postmodern
production: Stalin: A Discussion about Greek Theatre
Chapter 11. Postscript: A final (?) note on political humour
Contributors
Name index
Subject index
