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Goffman’s methodological critique of social power, a sociology of humor helps reveal part of what that critique might be. The Critical Capacity of Humor: Humor as Reality Play If “meaning is the marrow of institutions” (Zijderveld 1983:17), then humor’s critical capacity lies in its ability to scrutinize such meanings.
Mar 27, 2013 · Using British and Dutch interview data, this article demonstrates how people from different social classes draw strong symbolic boundaries on the basis of comedy taste.
- Sam Friedman, Giselinde Kuipers
- 2013
Jul 3, 2023 · In the paper, the three conceptions of power are presented and discussed in relation to each other and to specific philosophical themes like dualism, reductionism, determinism and autonomy, truth, normativity, and relativism.
- Gerd Christensen
Comedy suggests ‘material whose primary purpose is one of funniness, usually created by specific people with that aim, and understood as so by audiences’, whereas a humorous situation is ‘something that can have just happened, without a deliberate intention’ (Mills, 2005: 17).
Jun 12, 2012 · Polished comedians allow for their audience to learn about the society by forcing them to think about the infrastructure that orders our daily lives. Jokes become the chisel chipping away at the preconceived notions which perpetuate the inequalities of today’s world.
Aug 17, 2019 · Acaster’s power comes from his impotence; his power is power acquired at a distance. Acaster’s comedic power confuses the presentation of self (stand-up as powerful) with the representation of self (the power of collective labels).
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This chapter provides a sociological theory of the stand-up comedian. It seeks to establish a theory of humour which arises in modern societies and the sociality that drives such humour.
