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“I hear you like bad girls? I’m bad at everything”: a British-Spanish cross-cultural analysis of humour as a self-presentation strategy in Tinder profiles
Abstract This article explores humour employed as a self-presentation device in the biography section of Tinder profiles belonging to heterosexual users (male and female) in
Factor invariance of the Humor Styles Questionnaire and its relationship with the HEXACO personality model in a Spanish community sample
Abstract The cross-cultural factor invariance of the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) structure, and its relationships with the HEXACO personality model were analyzed in a large
Identity politics and ethnic humour in contemporary Jordan
Abstract Following political turbulence and instability in the Middle East, Jordan has become a home for a large number of Palestinians, Iraqis, and Syrians, and
Book review: Schweizer, Bernard, Molokotos-Liederman, Lina, & Amin, Yasmin (eds.) (2022). Muslims and Humour: Essays on Comedy, Joking, and Mirth in Contemporary Islamic Contexts. Bristol University Press.
Abstract Book review References Kuipers, G. (2011). The politics of humor in the public sphere: Cartoons, power and modernity in the first transnational humour scandal.
Book review: Ödmark, Sara (2021). Jester, Journalist, or Just Jerk? The Roles of Political Comedians in Societal Debate. Mid Sweden University.
Abstract Book review References Feldman, L. (2007). The news about comedy: Young audiences, The Daily Show, and evolving notions of journalism. Journalism, 8(4), 406–427. Galtung,
Sexual jokes in Nigerian stand-up comedy: a multifaceted analytic approach
Abstract Nigerian stand-up comic artists explore emerging social, religious, and political issues as materials for comic entertainment within their performance space and community of practice.
Forms and functions of jokes disseminated during the Covid-19 pandemic in Jordan
Abstract People in Jordan have suffered the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Jordanian government took some pre-emptive measures to curb the spread of the
Book review: Bonafin, Massimo (2021). Il comico, il sacro, l’osceno: e altri nodi della letteratura medievale. Eum.
Abstract Book review References Bachtin, M. M. (1968). Dostoevskij: Poetica e stilistica (G. Garritano, Trans.) [Problems of Dostoevsky’s Poetics]. Einaudi. (Original work published 1963). Bachtin,
Book review: M.W. Shores (2021). The Comic Storytelling of Western Japan: Satire and Social Mobility in Kamigata Rakugo. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Abstract Book review References Chafe, W. (2007). The importance of not being earnest: The feeling behind laughter and humor. John Benjamins. Katsura Sunshine. (2014, 20
Book review: Straßburger, Lena (2022). Humour and Horror: Different Emotions, Similar Linguistic Processing Strategies. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
Abstract Book review References Attardo, S. (1994). Linguistic theories of humour (Humour Research 1). Mouton de Gruyter. Attardo, S. (2017). The General Theory of Verbal
Book review: Bonello, Krista, Giappone, Rutter, Francis, Fred & Mackenzie, Iain (eds.). (2018). Comedy and Critical Thought: Laughter as Resistance. London/New York: Rowman & Littlefield International.
Abstract Book review References Adorno, T.W. (1997). Aesthetic theory (G. Adorno. & R. Tiedemann, Eds., R. Hullot-Kentor, Trans.). Athlone Press. Alexander, J. (2005) Performance and
Book review: Dore, Margherita (2022). Humour in Self-Translation. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Abstract Book review References Eco, U. (2004). Mouse or rat? Translation as negotiation. Phoenix. Noonan, W. (2013). Self-translation, self-reflection, self-derision: Samuel Beckett’s bilingual humour’. Self-Translation:
Book review: Webber, Julie A. (ed.) (2019). The Joke Is on Us: Political Comedy in (Late) Neoliberal Times. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Abstract Book review References Bourdieu, P. (1979). Symbolic power. Critique of Anthropology, 4(13-14), 77-85.
Book review: Milbrodt, Teresa (2022). Sexy Like Us: Disability, Humour, and Sexuality. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi.
Abstract Book review References Castells, M. (1996). The network society. The information age: Economy, society and culture. Vol. 1. Blackwell. Debord, G. (1977 [1967]). The