Humour and the Performance of Power in South Asia: Anxiety, Laughter and Politics in Unstable Times
Editat de Sasanka Perera, Dev Nath Pathaken Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 ian 2022
This topical and interdisciplinary book will be essential for scholars and researchers of cultural studies, political science, sociology and social anthropology, media and communication studies, theatre and performance studies, and South Asian studies.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780367564018
ISBN-10: 0367564017
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: 19 Halftones, black and white; 19 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge India
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0367564017
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: 19 Halftones, black and white; 19 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge India
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
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Public țintă
PostgraduateNotă biografică
Sasanka Perera is Professor of Sociology at South Asian University, New Delhi, India.
Dev Nath Pathak is Assistant Professor of Sociology at South Asian University, New Delhi, India.
Dev Nath Pathak is Assistant Professor of Sociology at South Asian University, New Delhi, India.
Cuprins
1. Introduction: Cultural Politics of Humour in South Asia Part I: Humour in Literary and Visual Subversions 2. Colonial Cartoons: Punch and Vernacular Punch Politics of Humour in Colonial India 3. Khattar Kaka’s Subversive Hinduism: A Case of Literary-Cultural Politics of Humour Part II: Folkloric Worldviews: Laughter as Performed Narratives 4. Tales from Assam's Tea Gardens: When Humour becomes Resistance in Everyday Life-world of Labourers 5. Dramatic Haryanvi Humour: A Case of Subversion in Jakari and Ragni 6. ‘A Sri Lankan Arrives in Hell’: A Case of Laughing at ‘Sri Lanka’ and the ‘Sri Lankan’ in a Collection of Modern Folktales Part III: Mediated Messages for Laughing and Thinking 7. Humour, Criticality and the Performance of Anonymous Power: Internet Memes as Political Commentaries in Sinhala Society 8. Humorous Masculinity: Nepali Men in Mediated Indian Male Gaze 9. Politics of Performance and Performance of Politics: Analysing Stand-Up Comedy in the Indian Context 10. Humorous Public in Bangladesh: An Analytical Reading of Mediated Politics
Recenzii
‘Perera and Pathak weave together a number of ‘serious’ perspectives on humour. Inaugurating a novel method to excavate the nuances of cultural politics in South Asia, the book offers useful insights that both refine and deepen scholarship in South Asian studies. Edited by two prominent South Asianists, this book will profit all social scientists who are willing to undertake serious adventures beyond the predictable, formulaic and mainstream approaches. It is profoundly engrossing and enriching – a must read!’
Ashok Acharya, Professor, Department of political science, University of Delhi, India
‘Humour expands the field of politics at innocent moments, but to dissect the codes of subversive energy inherent in humour is extremely challenging. A pioneering effort at south Asian scale, here, the subversive politics, the hidden layers of the embedded past of the region and the cultural nuances of humour all come alive brilliantly. From Punch to stand-up comedy, and from Khattar Kaka’s philosophical forays to internet memes, the book offers an extraordinary canvas of humour and its subversive energy in South Asia.’
Sadan Jha, Associate Professor, Centre for Social Studies, Surat, Gujarat, India
‘In complete seriousness, this amazing work examines humour in social and political relations in diverse contexts! What makes the book different and iconic in some senses is the unravelling of laughter and humour in classical frames of analysis. It opens a new mode of understanding social reality: a lens which is often ignored because it is considered trivial or merely funny. By taking it seriously, anthropologists Perera and Pathak have opened up novel avenues for research in our efforts to unpack a troubled world disrupted by political instability, violence, anxiety, trauma, and much else.’
Meenakshi Thapan, Former Professor of Sociology and Director, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India
Ashok Acharya, Professor, Department of political science, University of Delhi, India
‘Humour expands the field of politics at innocent moments, but to dissect the codes of subversive energy inherent in humour is extremely challenging. A pioneering effort at south Asian scale, here, the subversive politics, the hidden layers of the embedded past of the region and the cultural nuances of humour all come alive brilliantly. From Punch to stand-up comedy, and from Khattar Kaka’s philosophical forays to internet memes, the book offers an extraordinary canvas of humour and its subversive energy in South Asia.’
Sadan Jha, Associate Professor, Centre for Social Studies, Surat, Gujarat, India
‘In complete seriousness, this amazing work examines humour in social and political relations in diverse contexts! What makes the book different and iconic in some senses is the unravelling of laughter and humour in classical frames of analysis. It opens a new mode of understanding social reality: a lens which is often ignored because it is considered trivial or merely funny. By taking it seriously, anthropologists Perera and Pathak have opened up novel avenues for research in our efforts to unpack a troubled world disrupted by political instability, violence, anxiety, trauma, and much else.’
Meenakshi Thapan, Former Professor of Sociology and Director, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India
Descriere
This book critically examines the role and politics of humour and the performance of power in South Asia. What does humour do and how does it manifest when lived political circumstances experience ruptures or instability? Can humour that emerges in such circumstances be viewed as a specific narrative on the nature of democracy in the region? Drawing upon essays from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, this volume discusses many crucial historical and contemporary themes, including dance-drama performances in northern India; caste and stand-up comedy in India; cartoon narratives of citizens' anxieties; civic participation through social media memes in Sri Lanka; media, politics and humorous public in Bangladesh; the politics of performance in India; and the influence of humour and satire as political commentaries. The volume explores the impact of humour in South Asian folklore, ritual performances, media and journalism, and online technologies.
This topical and interdisciplinary book will be essential for scholars and researchers of cultural studies, political science, sociology and social anthropology, media and communication studies, theatre and performance studies, and South Asian studies.