The Language of Humour and Its Transmutation in Indian Political Cartoons - Couverture souple

Balakrishnan, Vinod; Venkat, Vishaka

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 303132837X ISBN 13 : 9783031328374

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023

Synopsis

This book develops a model to examine the language of humour, which is multimodal and accounts for the possibility of transmutation of humour as it is performed through editorial cartoons. By transmutation is meant the transition in the language of humour when it crosses its own boundaries to provoke unprecedented reactions resulting in offensiveness, disappointment or hurt sentiment. The transmutability about the language of humour points to its inherently diabolical nature which manifests in the performance of controversial cartoons. The model is built by borrowing theoretical cues from Roman Jakobson, Roland Barthes, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. The integrated model, then, is developed to examine the cartoons which were recommended for deletion by the Thorat Committee, following a cartoon controversy in India. Through the cartoon analysis, the model discerns the significance of context and temporality in determining the impact of humour. It also examines how the ethics of humour;the blurred lines of political correctness and incorrectness are dictated by the political atmosphere and the power dynamics.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 303132837X
• ISBN 13: 9783031328374
• Reliure: Broché
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Koei Tecmo; https://plaion.com/; ; Embracer Platz 1; H�fen; 6604; Autriche