Humor, Identity, and Belonging

Constructing the Foreign in American-Japanese Interaction
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-11-075971-6
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 190 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 420 g

Reihe: Language play and creativity

This book presents an ethnographic perspective on the intersection of humor, identity, and belonging. Based on recorded interactions between Americans and Japanese, it explores how beliefs and stereotypes surrounding gaijin ‘foreigner’ identities create various types of humor such as mockery, sarcasm, and conversational jokes. Through this analysis, the study also discusses how identity-focused humor impacts participants’ understandings of interculturality and social belonging. In particular, it argues that while "being an outsider" can be marginalizing, humor allows cultural differences to become a basis for developing inclusion and social unity, in part through the recognition of shared norms and values.

Zielgruppe

Researchers with Interest in Humor, Social Identity, Intercultura

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moody, Stephen J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Humor

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen J. Moody, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.