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There is a burgeoning interest in humorous discourse from a gender perspective, and research on this issue has brought fascinating results. However, despite the literature on language and gender, the study of these dimensions in humorous discourses remains virtually unchartered territory. Consequently, this book stems from the interest in exploring gender and identity in different humorous discourses taken from Spanish, English and German corpora in order to explore how gender and identity can be represented and performed through humour.
List of contents
List of contributors .............................................................................................. 7
Esther Linares Bernabéu
Introduction: The connection between humorous discourse, gender and identity ......................................................................................................................... 9
Helga Kotthoff
Parody and indexing gender: Performing female comic figures on German TV ............................................................................................................... 13
Leonor Ruiz Gurillo
Humor, género e identidad en la conversación coloquial española ................. 29
Fergus O¿Dwyer
The functions of cursing in humorous Dublin sport club interactions: The emphatic functions of cursing amplify the humorous effect ............................ 51
M. Belén Alvarado Ortega
Elementos lingüísticos del humor: el caso de la fraseología en las conversaciones de hombres .................................................................................... 75
Esther Linares- Bernabéu
Mitigation as a pragmatic strategy in subversive female stand- up comedy ..... 93
Laura María Aliaga Aguza
Estudio del determinismo humorístico en la población infantil ................... 117
Mª Mar Galindo Merino
Children performing humor: Gender identity and social alignment ............ 143
María del Carmen Méndez Santos
La conformación de la identidad digital de estudiantes de ELE en las redes sociales: el caso de Instagram .................................................................... 161
About the author
Esther Linares-Bernabéu, PhD in linguistic studies, MA in Spanish and English as second/foreign languages, MA in education and BA in English studies from the University of Alicante. She is a research fellow at the Institute for Culture and Society (ICS) of the University of Navarra and her main research interests are in the field of pragmatics, sociolinguistics and gender studies. In particular, she focuses on verbal humour, the discursive construction of identity, mediation and dispute resolution in digital and everyday contexts.
