{"product_id":"jokeperformance-in-africa-9781138060647","title":"JokePerformance in Africa","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJokes have always been part of African culture, but never have they been so blended with the strains and gains of the contemporary African world as today. The book considers the pervasive phenomenon of jokes and their performance across Africa. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not just another book about Africa. It is a splendid book by scholars who know this Africa that is often glossed over by the so-called experts. It is about the \u003ci\u003eother\u003c\/i\u003e Africa, ignored but unbowed. In one essay after the other, the eloquence of this Africa speaks to us across different media, asking us to rethink this Africa intimately and wisely. This is a rare collection of essays about joke and joking in Africa. No Africanist must do without it. \u003cem\u003eOnookome Okome, University of Alberta, Canada\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction Part I \u003ci\u003e‘JOKING ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT’ \u003c\/i\u003e1. (Re)Imagining the Postcolony in Kenya’s The XYZ Show Joke-Cartoons, \u003cem\u003eRemmy Shiundu Barasa \u003c\/em\u003e2. Nigeria’s 2015 Presidential Elections and the Rise of \"Comicast\", \u003cem\u003eIgnatius Chukwumah \u003c\/em\u003e3. Joking About the Government: A Close Reading of the Moroccan Comic Show: ‘The School of the Naughty’, \u003cem\u003eZakariae Bouhmala \u003c\/em\u003ePart II TRADITIONAL FORMS AND (POST)MODERN CONTEXTS\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e4. \u003ci\u003eEhwe-Ejẹ\u003c\/i\u003e: Art and Humour in Urhobo Joke-Performance, \u003cem\u003ePeter E. Omoko \u003c\/em\u003e5. Aesthetics of Anganga Afiki’s Video Joke-Performance in Malawi, \u003cem\u003eSmith Likongwe \u003c\/em\u003e6. Joke-Performance and the Tiv Cultural Context of Satirizing and Appraising Postmodernity, \u003cem\u003eGodwin Aondofa Ikyer\u003c\/em\u003e7. Egyptian Satire in Modern Media Age, \u003cem\u003eSebastian Gadomski \u003c\/em\u003ePart III STREET JOKES 8. (Con)text and Performance of \u003ci\u003eMchongoano\u003c\/i\u003e: An Urban Youth Joke Genre in Kenya, \u003cem\u003eWangari Mwai, David Kimongo and Charles Kebaya \u003c\/em\u003e9. Joke-Performance in Egypt: \u003ci\u003eHalah\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKouta Hamra,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cem\u003eHeba M. Sharobeem \u003c\/em\u003ePart IV\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eSEX AND GENDER 10. The Aesthetics of the Ugly: Perspectives on Degrading Online Sex Jokes in Kenya, \u003cem\u003eFelix A. Orina and Fred W. Simiyu \u003c\/em\u003e11. Dorika’s Metamorphosis: The Allusive Potency of a Comic Character, \u003cem\u003eCheela Himutwe K. Chilala \u003c\/em\u003e12. \"From the ‘Beautiful’ to the ‘Bold’: A Linguistic Analysis of Some Doaa Farouk’s Humorous Texts\", \u003cem\u003eMona Eid Saad \u003c\/em\u003ePart\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eV STAND-UP COMEDY 13. Severity in Hilarity: Appraising the Satirical Value of Stand-up Comedy in Nigeria, \u003cem\u003eSamuel O. Igomu \u003c\/em\u003e14. Ideological Undertones in Mediatised Comedy in ‘Churchill Live’ Show of Kenya, \u003cem\u003eKhaemba Josephine Mulindi \u0026amp; Michael Mule Ndonye\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577803018583,"sku":"9781138060647","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138060647.jpg?v=1746096770","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/jokeperformance-in-africa-9781138060647","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}