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Abstract
Posing the rhetorical question ‘Have we lost our sense of humour?’
this article analyses senses of racial humour through the use of
affect theory. Despite the common use of the idiom ‘a sense of
humour’ within everyday speech, there is a lack of social and
cultural analysis of the senses that guide understandings of
whether or not something is funny. Through the lens of affect
theory, this article explores sensory experiences of humour,
showing how senses of humour are both affective corporeal
experiences – such as laughter – and an affective relational flow
between and among bodies. Drawing on interview material
gathered in diverse schools in Denmark, the article analyses how
students negotiate the use of racial humour with particular focus
on tonalities of humour and the affective stakes involved in
laughter and unlaughter. The article argues that affect theory can
help bridge a gap in the literature on humour, which either
reduces humour to bodily, mental and cognitive predispositions,
or to social and cultural functions.
this article analyses senses of racial humour through the use of
affect theory. Despite the common use of the idiom ‘a sense of
humour’ within everyday speech, there is a lack of social and
cultural analysis of the senses that guide understandings of
whether or not something is funny. Through the lens of affect
theory, this article explores sensory experiences of humour,
showing how senses of humour are both affective corporeal
experiences – such as laughter – and an affective relational flow
between and among bodies. Drawing on interview material
gathered in diverse schools in Denmark, the article analyses how
students negotiate the use of racial humour with particular focus
on tonalities of humour and the affective stakes involved in
laughter and unlaughter. The article argues that affect theory can
help bridge a gap in the literature on humour, which either
reduces humour to bodily, mental and cognitive predispositions,
or to social and cultural functions.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | Social Identities |
| Vol/bind | 29 |
| Nummer | 2 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 205-219 |
| Antal sider | 15 |
| ISSN | 1350-4630 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - maj 2023 |
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Madsen, M. (Deltager), Brøgger, K. (Projektleder), Cone, L. (Deltager), Krejsler, J. B. (Deltager), Cort, P. S. (Deltager), Kristensen, J. E. (Deltager), Hedegaard, M. L. L. (Deltager), Larson, A. (Deltager), Jimenez, G. (Deltager), Plotnikof, M. (Deltager), Coninck-Smith, N. D. (Deltager), Laursen, R. (Deltager), Moos, L. (Deltager), 587321, 5. (Deltager), Nørgaard, C. (Deltager), Binderup, T. (Deltager), Vertelyté, M. (Deltager), Smedegaard Ernst Bengtsen, S. (Deltager), Normand, R. (Deltager), Robertson, S. (Deltager), Mengel, P. (Deltager), Tarby, S. C. M. (Deltager), Moscovitz, H. (Deltager), Zangrandi, E. (Deltager), Harsbo, R. (Deltager), Nygaard, P. S. (Deltager), Sørensen, A. E. (Deltager), Nuriler, H. (Deltager) & Gibson, A. G. (Deltager)
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