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SUMMARY:Humour as Politics: Parody, Irony, and Satire in Southeast Asia
LOCATION:Room 3.09
DESCRIPTION:As pointed out by many scholars (Davies 1998, Hodgart 2009, Kes
 sel and Merziger 2011, Tsakona and Popa 2015, Sørensen 2016, Davis 2017, Ho
 lm 2017, Le Breton 2018, Wedderburn 2021), laughter does not only have psyc
 hological, philosophical, or religious implications, but also includes soci
 al and political ones. Humour, in its various forms, including comedy, iron
 y, satire, caricature, parody, etc., can help highlight social situations, 
 dominant thoughts and opinions in a certain group and at a certain time. In
  Southeast Asia the use of political humour both as an art form and a mode 
 of persuasive discourse dates back for centuries, and politicians and elite
 s have been well aware of its powerful influence on public opinion, leading
  to the use of humour against foreign occupation, colonialism and imperiali
 sm in the past, or against limitations of civil and political rights in mod
 ern times. Though humour is rather common both in traditional and contempor
 ary Southeast Asian arts and cultures, the field of humour in Southeast Asi
 a is still relatively unexplored. The comparative lack of knowledge in the 
 West of Southeast Asian arts and literature, and the scarcity of studies de
 dicated to them makes it difficult to draw an overall picture of the humour
 ous production in the area. This may contribute to the Eurocentric stereoty
 pe according to which humour in the Eastern world is often obscure, incompr
 ehensible, paradoxical, and even perhaps non-existent (Davis 2006). This in
  addition to the fact that humour is not always found in the same contexts 
 and at the same conditions it occurs in European cultures. In fact, in Sout
 heast Asia, humour is a powerful force just as in the rest of the world, an
 d it is closely connected to both the language and the socio-cultural conte
 xt in which it is produced. The papers in this panel address the role and p
 olitics of humour in Southeast Asia by exploring different humorous styles,
  including comedy, irony, satire, parody and the grotesque, as well as its 
 various manifestations, including Southeast Asian folklore, literature and 
 theatre, ritual performances, dance performances, the politics of performan
 ce, stand-up comedy, meme, media and journalism, etc., in different Southea
 st Asian contexts. By reflecting on various approaches to the study of poli
 tical humour’s content, audience, and impact, this panel offers scholars mu
 ltiple ways to consider the effects of political humour on individuals and 
 society, and how humour helps understand better the socio-political complex
 ities in this part of the world.
URL:https://euroseas2022.org/panels/humour-as-politics-parody-irony-and-satire-in-southeast-asia
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