Humor, Identity, and Belonging : Constructing the Foreign in American-Japanese Interaction /
Moody, Stephen J.
Humor, Identity, and Belonging : Constructing the Foreign in American-Japanese Interaction / Stephen J. Moody. - 1 online resource (XIV, 190 p.) - Language Play and Creativity [LPC] , 7 2363-7749 ; .
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of transcription symbols -- List of abbreviations in interlinear glosses -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Humor and identity -- Chapter 3. Defining Gaijin -- Chapter 4. Contextualizing Gaijin -- Chapter 5. Performing Gaijin -- Chapter 6. Categorizing Gaijin -- Chapter 7. Gaijin humor, interculturality, and belonging -- References -- Index
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This book presents an ethnographic perspective on the intersection of humor, identity, and belonging. Based on recorded interactions between Americans and Japanese, it explores how beliefs and stereotypes surrounding gaijin ‘foreigner’ identities create various types of humor such as mockery, sarcasm, and conversational jokes. Through this analysis, the study also discusses how identity-focused humor impacts participants’ understandings of interculturality and social belonging. In particular, it argues that while "being an outsider" can be marginalizing, humor allows cultural differences to become a basis for developing inclusion and social unity, in part through the recognition of shared norms and values.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110759716 9783110760033 9783110759877
10.1515/9783110759877 doi
Ethnomethodologie.
Humor.
Interkulturelle Interaktion.
Soziale Identität.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies.
Conversational Humor. Ethnomethodology. Intercultural Interaction. Social Identity.
306.442956
Humor, Identity, and Belonging : Constructing the Foreign in American-Japanese Interaction / Stephen J. Moody. - 1 online resource (XIV, 190 p.) - Language Play and Creativity [LPC] , 7 2363-7749 ; .
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of transcription symbols -- List of abbreviations in interlinear glosses -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Humor and identity -- Chapter 3. Defining Gaijin -- Chapter 4. Contextualizing Gaijin -- Chapter 5. Performing Gaijin -- Chapter 6. Categorizing Gaijin -- Chapter 7. Gaijin humor, interculturality, and belonging -- References -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This book presents an ethnographic perspective on the intersection of humor, identity, and belonging. Based on recorded interactions between Americans and Japanese, it explores how beliefs and stereotypes surrounding gaijin ‘foreigner’ identities create various types of humor such as mockery, sarcasm, and conversational jokes. Through this analysis, the study also discusses how identity-focused humor impacts participants’ understandings of interculturality and social belonging. In particular, it argues that while "being an outsider" can be marginalizing, humor allows cultural differences to become a basis for developing inclusion and social unity, in part through the recognition of shared norms and values.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110759716 9783110760033 9783110759877
10.1515/9783110759877 doi
Ethnomethodologie.
Humor.
Interkulturelle Interaktion.
Soziale Identität.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies.
Conversational Humor. Ethnomethodology. Intercultural Interaction. Social Identity.
306.442956