Humour in Political Activism: Creative Nonviolent Resistance
Majken Sorensen
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Description for Humour in Political Activism: Creative Nonviolent Resistance
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 457.
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, Sorensen argues, makes it difficult to respond to this form of political activism when it is performed in public. Humorous political stunts can therefore challenge ... Read more
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, Sorensen argues, makes it difficult to respond to this form of political activism when it is performed in public. Humorous political stunts can therefore challenge ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
237
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137573452
SKU
V9781137573452
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Ref
99-15
About Majken Sorensen
Majken Jul Sorensen is an Honorary Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Wollongong, Australia. She has published on nonviolent resistance, social movements, humorous political activism, peaceful societies and female conscientious objectors.
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