Syllabus:

Humor and power: Linguistic perspectives, 7.5 credits

Swedish name: Humor och makt: Språkvetenskapliga perspektiv

This syllabus is valid: 2023-01-09 and until further notice

Course code: 1NS103

Credit points: 7.5

Education level: First cycle

Main Field of Study and progress level: No main field: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements

Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail

Responsible department: Department of Language Studies

Established by: Faculty director of studies, Faculty of arts, 2023-09-06

Required Knowledge

General entry requirements

Literature

Valid from: 2024 week 1

Timing in the performance of jokes
Attardo Salvatore, Pickering Lucy
Humor - International Journal of Humor Research 24 (2): 233-50 : 2011 :
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Bell Nancy
We Are Not Amused
De Gruyter Mouton. : 2015 :
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How many lesbians does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Bing Janet, Heller Dana
Humor 16 (2): 157-82 : 2003 :
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Mandatory

Glenn Phillip
Interviewer Laughs: Shared Laughter and Asymmetries in Employment Interviews
Journal of Pragmatics 42 (6): 1485–98 : 2010 :
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Mandatory

Doing gender with humor in talk at work
Schnurr Stephani, Holmes Janet
Humor in interaction, redigerad av Neal R. Norrick och Delia Chiaro, 101–39. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Pub. Co : 2009 :
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Söderlund Hanna
Humorn, makten och härligheten – Språkvetenskapliga och kulturella perspektiv på humor och makt
HumaNetten, nr 50 (juni): 187–212 : 2023 :
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Mandatory

”Handikapptoaletten hade de som förråd” – Att utmana funktionsnormativitet med humor
Söderlund Hanna, Wälivaara Josefine, Ljuslinder Karin
HumaNetten, nr 47 (september): 143–68 : 2021 :
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Adelswärd Viveka
Laughter and dialogue: The social significance of laughter in institutional discourse
Nordic Journal of Linguistics 12 (2): 107–36 : 1989 :
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Billig Michael
Humour and Hatred: The Racist Jokes of the Ku Klux Klan
Discourse & Society 12 (3): 267–89. : 2001 :
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Coates Jennifer
Talk in a Play Frame: More on Laughter and Intimacy
Journal of Pragmatics 39 (1): 29–49 : 2007 :
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From Russia with Lols: Humour, RT, and the Legitimation of Russian Foreign Policy
Crilley Rhys, Chatterie-Doody Precious N.
Global Society 35 (2). Routledge: 269–88 : 2021 :
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Humour Is Serious: Minority Group Members’ Use of Humour in Their Encounters with Majority Group Members
Dobai Anna, Hopkins Nick
European Journal of Social Psychology 50 (2): 448–62 : 2020 :
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Arcana Imperii*: The Power of Humorous Retorts to Insults on Twitter
Dynel Marta, Poppi Fabio I. M.
Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 8 (1). John Benjamins: 57–87 : 2020 :
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Hay Jennifer
Functions of humor in the conversations of men and women
Journal of pragmatics 32 (6): 709–42 : 2000 :
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Kramer Elise
The playful is political: The metapragmatics of internet rape-joke arguments
Language in Society 40 (2). Cambridge University Press: 137–68 : 2011 :
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Rape Jokes Aren’t Funny: The Mainstreaming of Rape Jokes in Contemporary Newspaper Discourse
Lockyer Sharon, Savigny Heather
Feminist Media Studies 20 (3): 434–49 : 2020 :
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Pizzini Franca
Communication Hierarchies in Humour: Gender Differences in the Obstetrical/Gynaecological Setting
Discourse & Society 2 (4): 477–88 : 1991 :
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Shifman Limor
The Cultural Logic of Photo-Based Meme Genres
Journal of Visual Culture 13 (3). SAGE Publications: 340–58 : 2014 :
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Söderlund Hanna
"Joking aside" The power of rejections in humour
Discourse & Communication 17 (3): 336–53 : 2023 :
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Wardman Natasha Penelope
Humour or humiliation? When classroom banter becomes irresponsible sledging in upper-primary school contexts
Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education 42 (3). Routledge: 394–407 : 2021 :
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