Laughter in occupied Palestine : comedy and identity in art and film /

"Though the current political situation in Palestine is more serious than ever, contemporary Palestinian art and film is becoming, paradoxically, increasingly funny. In Laughter in Occupied Palestine, Chrisoula Lionis analyses both the impetus behind this shift toward laughter and its consequen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lionis, Chrisoula (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : I.B. Tauris, 2016.
Colección:International library of visual culture ; 22.
Temas:
Arts > Palestine.
Wit and humor in motion pictures.
Wit and humor in art.
Humour au cinéma.
Humour dans l'art.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Arts
Manners and customs
Wit and humor in art
Wit and humor in motion pictures
Palestine > Social life and customs.
Palestine > Mœurs et coutumes.
Middle East > Palestine
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Half Title; Epigraph; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction: Why Humour?; Humorology; Critical Junctions; 1 Palestinianess to Palestinianism: Balfour to Beirut; The Balfour Declaration; Al Nakba; The Battle of Al Karameh; The Invasion of Beirut; 2 Double Exile: 1982-1993; 3 Oslo: Reaching the Punchline; 4 Finding Palestine: Humour and the Delineation of 'Palestine'; 5 Occupied Laughter: Humour and Statelessness; 6 Who Is Laughing?: Humour and the Boundaries of Identity; Notes; Bibliography.

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