Contributed articles. "A Routledge India original"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- 1. Humorous public in Bangladesh: an analytical reading of mediated politics / Ratan Kumar Roy -- Index. Part III. Mediated messages for laughing and thinking : 7. Humour in literary and visual subversions : 2. Colonial cartoons: punch and vernacular punch politics of humour in colonial India / Divyendu Jha -- 3. Khattar Kaka's subversive Hinduism: a case of literary-cultural politics of humour / Dev Nath Pathak -- Part II. Folkloric worldviews: laughter as performed narratives : 4. Tales from Assam's tea gardens: when humour becomes resistance in the everyday life-world of labourers / Prithiraj Borah -- 5. Dramatic Haryanvi humour: a case of subversion in jakari and ragni / Monika Yadav -- 6. "A Sri Lankan arrives in hell": a case of laughing at "Sri Lanka" and the "Sri Lankan" in a collection of modern folktales / Lal Medawattegedara -- 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 / Sasanka Perera -- 8. Humorous masculinity: Nepali men in mediated Indian male gaze / Sandhya A. S. and Chitra Adkar -- 9. Politics of performance and performance of politics: analysing stand-up comedy in the Indian context / Sukrity Gogoi and Simona Sarma -- 10. Humorous public in Bangladesh: an analytical reading of mediated politics / Ratan Kumar Roy -- Index.
Summary:
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 norther 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--back cover.
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