This article outlines the racist rhetoric employed in anti-black jokes on five internet websites. It is argued that can act as important rhetorical devices for serious racisms, and thus work ways support racism particular readings. By offering a discourse analysis of containing embodied – or discursive remains biological it shown express two key logics racism. These are inclusion exclusion. usually inferiorizes employs race stereotypes whereas exclusion often does not. The expands this...

Abstract Constructed with linguistic devices that resemble metaphor and other rhetorical devices, humour has the inbuilt ability to support racism in various readings. Through a discourse analysis of anti-Muslim anti-Semitic jokes, this article outlines connections between humorous serious racism. It explains how online expresses two logics racism: social inclusion exclusion. Stereotypes inferiorization are used combination separately form ‘acceptable’ inclusive images jokes. Where jokes...

Research highlights how coexisting institutional logics can sometimes offer opportunities for agency to enterprising actors in organizational fields. But macro- and micro-level studies using this framework diverge their approach understanding the consequences of complexity actor autonomy, correspondingly they identify agents resist, reinterpret or make judicious use prescriptions. This paper seeks bridge gap, through a longitudinal, comparative case study trajectories four ostensibly similar...

This article outlines the ‘reverse discourses’ of black, African-American and Afro-Caribbean comedians in UK USA. These reverse discourses appear comic acts that employ sign-systems embodied cultural racism but develop, or seek to a semantic effect. I argue humour discourse is significant relation because it forms type resistance can, first, act rhetorically against racist meaning so attack truth claims points ambivalence. Second, connected this, can resolve ambiguity itself. Alongside...

The need for organizational innovation as a means of improving health-care quality and containing costs is widely recognized, but while growing body research has improved knowledge implementation, very little considered the challenges involved in sustaining change - especially led 'bottom-up' by frontline clinicians. This study addresses this lacuna, taking longitudinal, qualitative case-study approach to understanding paths sustainability four innovations. It highlights importance...

Racist humour is frequently the subject of media and public debate in relation to issues offence acceptability. Despite this, little has been done analyse it or its relationship other forms racism. I argue that an analysis racist needs account for rhetorical structures – consider as a device similar metaphor metonym persuasive potential. Using jokes from four US websites, aspects are unpacked through use discourse semiotic theories humour. then identify important effect Zygmunt Bauman's...

This article examines reactions to the October 2005 publication of Prophet Muhammad cartoons in Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. It does so by using concept ‘liquid racism’. While controversy arose because it is considered blasphemous many Muslims create images Muhammad, argues that meaning multidimensional, their analysis significantly more complex than most commentators acknowledge, and this complexity can best be addressed via liquid racism. The liquidity relation four readings. These...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore, using qualitative methods, the experiences children and their parents living with nut allergy. Methods: Children a confirmed diagnosis peanut allergy were identified from database patients maintained at an clinic large teaching hospital. Interviews 26 families conducted involving 11 children, 25 mothers 12 fathers. Results: signalled critical transition—or biographical disruption—in life family. Parents took on role ‘alert assistant’ sought...

Contents: Introduction: humour and critique The rhetoric of Humour order-building Embodied racism US internet joking Cultural British stand-up comedy Reverse discourse in Black comic performance Asian Liquid the ambiguities Ali G Danish Prophet Muhammad cartoon Conclusion a future race Bibliography Appendix Index.

Humour and comedy have gained increased significance in academic research recent years. This article examines the importance of humour as valuable tools qualitative social science methodology. It makes original contribution utilizing theory, critical understandings both their macro micro mechanisms functions, to argue that can accommodate, indeed, expedite, methodology relation two key principles: constructionism reflexivity. represents a significant rigorous theoretical not just theory but...

This article analyses Ali G through the concept of ‘liquid racism’. As a polysemic and elusive form, liquid racism requires reflexivity in order to critique it fully, is that, media representation, often polarizes debate its meaning. The explains how academics have struggled explain G’s relationship racism, his ambiguity complicated by some social actors seeing him as real person, before expresses three strands racism. These are ‘postmodern minstrelsy’ — black man, ‘ethnocultural hybrid...

Gender relations have formed the content of humour in a multiplicity contexts, both historically and across societies. Early anthropological accounts joking relationships traced some gendered...

Abstract Since the late 1990s, Sacha Baron Cohen’s characters have raised controversy, criticism and protest from various groups (for example, Black activists in 2002 Hasidic Jews 2012). The comedy has also been described as satirical or anti-racist. Cohen, either Ali G, Borat, Bruno, General Aladeen, consistently provided that leads to public debate on relationship between race, ethnicity stereotype, nature of racism “othering” comedy. Despite this tendency, very little research conducted...

This article examines the representation of nut allergy in comics aimed at children and young people. It maps signification stigma comics, includes an outline imagery, stereotypes, connotations that are created on this condition. Three texts examined: first, Allergic, a semi-autobiographical story by Adrian Tomine adults; second, What's Up With Paulina? from Medikidz series comic books aim to help pre-teenage audience learn about medical conditions; third, Peanut, forthcoming book Ayun...

Purpose – Research on patient safety campaigns has mostly concentrated large-scale multi-organisation efforts, yet locally led improvement is increasingly promoted. The purpose of this paper to characterise the design and implementation an internal campaign at a large acute National Health Service hospital trust with view understanding how optimise such campaigns. Design/methodology/approach authors conducted qualitative study that sought achieve 12 goals. interviewed 19 managers 45...

As an autobiographical mode of performance, stand-up comedy is interlinked with debates on identity, inequality and social justice. While much the existing identity literature has prioritised analysis a single axis this study significantly extends to examine intersectionality in comedy. Taking innovative interdisciplinary theoretical approach derived from humour studies cultural studies, we explore how involved construction contemporary Via rigorous thematic analysis, analyse comedic...

The article builds on a theoretical framework that analyses the reverse discourse and anti-racist resistance of ethnic comedy, through examples stand-up comedy produced by British North American Asians. It is argued humour often forms complex rhetoric can aid truth status ambivalence perception serious discourse, thus has function. This observation developed in relation to concept presented Michel Foucault. Responses racism Asian comedians are analysed for both their potential polysemicity —...

Abstract Studies of humor informed by an understanding rhetoric offer a number conceptual tools for the analysis disparagement humor. This article examines recent rhetorical approaches to and evaluates their strengths weaknesses. Where possible, it seeks synthesise these what might be called emerging methodological branch studies. Although not all analysts can considered critical theorists, argues particular usefulness A sample 28 online anti-Semitic jokes is used illustrate various methods...

This is the editorial for Special Issue on Education and Humour, edited by Drs. Raul A. Mora, Simon Weaver, Laura Mae Lindo. It provides an overview of links between education humour as a prelude to five articles that comprise this issue.

This special issue, entitled ‘The Trickster Activist in Global Humour and Comedy’, investigates the relevance of concept trickster for explaining activist expressions that emanate from comedians, or appear comedy humour more generally. Comedy has traditionally been viewed as an aesthetic entertainment medium. It often charged with encouraging stereotype affirmation mainstream audience beliefs. Despite this, we argue, there have moments recent history where comedians given their performances...

This article examines the role of irony and satire in public discourse on Brexit. It is argued that pro-Brexit structurally textually ironic, this has a significant relationship with taboo transgression, implications for analysis The shows an Brexit must take account task specifically aided by insight from critical humour studies. Alongside that, argues some comedians, through uses satire, are uniquely able to criticise ways not open ‘serious’ political commentators. Nigel Farage Michael...