Titlebook: Beyond a Joke; The Limits of Humour Sharon Lockyer (Lecturer in Media Studies),Michael Book 2005 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmilla

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Introduction: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Humour and Comedy,coni, the Italian prime minister and billionaire media magnate, had begun his term as president of the European parliament in Strasbourg with an ill-judged and highly offensive remark. He had rounded accusingly on the German MEP, Martin Schulz, with the suggestion that he should take a part as a gua

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Comic Racism and Violence,clever wittiness of jokes, but, as Freud argued, our pleasure may derive from less creditable sources that we do not care to acknowledge. Otherwise why should there be so many sexual and aggressive jokes? If, as Freud supposed, an element of self-deception surrounds much humour, then this would be e

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Race and Ethnicity in Popular Humour,h. Racism dictates, explains and justifies who does what to whom, where, when, why and how. Caucasians claim the right to treat other ‘races’ in whatever manner they see fit, including disparagement in the form of jokes. Black people are commonly patronised or insulted under the pretext of humour. H

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Humour and the Conduct of Politics,ent Athens, democracy was born alongside comedy in the fifth century. Aristophanes’s . was the first in a long line of anti-war comedies. In his handbook ., Cicero offered tips to politicians on when and how to use humour in speeches. He advised them not to make jokes about tyrants, for example, sin