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Humour, by its very nature controversial, plays an important role in social interaction. With its power to question assumptions, it can be used a weapon of subversion, and its meaning and interpretation are embedded within the culture that generates them in complex ways. The scrutiny of Irish culture through the lens of humour is highly revealing, contributing to an alternative, and sometimes irreverent, reading of events. As John Updike wrote of Raymond Queneau's witty re-imagining of the Easter Rising, humour can effectively expose casual ambivalence.

This volume investigates the many ways in which writers, playwrights, politicians, historians, filmmakers, artists and activists have used irreverence and humour to look at aspects of Irish culture and explore the contradictions and shortcomings of the society in which they live.

Non-Violent Resistance: Irreverence in Irish

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    A Paperback / softback by Agnès Maillot, Jennifer Bruen, Jean-Philippe Imbert

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      Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd
      Publication Date: 15/11/2018
      ISBN13: 9781787077072, 978-1787077072
      ISBN10: 1787077071

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Humour, by its very nature controversial, plays an important role in social interaction. With its power to question assumptions, it can be used a weapon of subversion, and its meaning and interpretation are embedded within the culture that generates them in complex ways. The scrutiny of Irish culture through the lens of humour is highly revealing, contributing to an alternative, and sometimes irreverent, reading of events. As John Updike wrote of Raymond Queneau's witty re-imagining of the Easter Rising, humour can effectively expose casual ambivalence.

      This volume investigates the many ways in which writers, playwrights, politicians, historians, filmmakers, artists and activists have used irreverence and humour to look at aspects of Irish culture and explore the contradictions and shortcomings of the society in which they live.

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