Humour, Subjectivity and World Politics - Everyday Articulations of Identity At the Limits of Order

What can a turn to humour offer International Relations? This book suggests that a focus on comic practice can illuminate the relationship between global politics, culture and the everyday. It odders a theoretically rich examination of humour's contribution to the making and unmaking of subjectivity, identity and community at a range of empirical sites.

About the author

Alister Wedderburn is a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Glasgow

Summary

What can a turn to humour offer International Relations? This book suggests a focus on comic practice illuminates the relationship between global politics, culture and the everyday. It offers a theoretically rich examination of humour's contribution to the making and unmaking of subjectivity, identity and community at a range of empirical sites. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Alister Wedderburn
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781526150691
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-5069-1
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, HUMOR / Topic / Politics, Humour