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Non-Violent Resistance

- Irreverence in Irish Culture

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Humour, by its very nature controversial, plays an important role in social interaction. With its power to question assumptions, it can be used a weapon of subversion, and its meaning and interpretation are embedded within the culture that generates them in complex ways. The scrutiny of Irish culture through the lens of humour is highly revealing, contributing to an alternative, and sometimes irreverent, reading of events. As John Updike wrote of Raymond Queneaüs witty re-imagining of the Easter Rising, humour can effectively expose «casual ambivalence». This volume investigates the many ways in which writers, playwrights, politicians, historians, filmmakers, artists and activists have used irreverence and humour to look at aspects of Irish culture and explore the contradictions and shortcomings of the society in which they live.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781787077072
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 274
  • Udgivet:
  • 15. november 2018
  • Udgave:
  • Størrelse:
  • 225x152x15 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 402 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 9. december 2024
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Humour, by its very nature controversial, plays an important role in social interaction. With its power to question assumptions, it can be used a weapon of subversion, and its meaning and interpretation are embedded within the culture that generates them in complex ways. The scrutiny of Irish culture through the lens of humour is highly revealing, contributing to an alternative, and sometimes irreverent, reading of events. As John Updike wrote of Raymond Queneaüs witty re-imagining of the Easter Rising, humour can effectively expose «casual ambivalence».
This volume investigates the many ways in which writers, playwrights, politicians, historians, filmmakers, artists and activists have used irreverence and humour to look at aspects of Irish culture and explore the contradictions and shortcomings of the society in which they live.

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