"May, Juncker and Farage walk into a bar...": comedy is playing a vital role in enabling people to come to terms with Brexit

Tomsett, Ellie (2018) "May, Juncker and Farage walk into a bar...": comedy is playing a vital role in enabling people to come to terms with Brexit. LSE Brexit (30 Jul 2018). Website.

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Abstract

Comedy is inherently linked to identity. Joking enables us to present ourselves and our view of the world to others while simultaneously inviting them to form connections with us through laughter. If you are 'in' on the joke, you form a connection with the joke-teller; you are (however briefly) a community united by humour. So what does this have to do with Brexit? Quite a bit, argues Ellie Tomsett (Birmingham City University).

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2018/07/30/may-junck...
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Author
Divisions:	European Institute Government School of Public Policy ?? SCPP ??
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited:	05 Dec 2018 10:18
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 13:41
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/90982

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