10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-MOCKING»
Discover the use of
self-mocking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
self-mocking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Their au- thors failed to ask questions such as “What other peoples besides the
Jews have shown a marked capacity for self-mocking humor?” or “What peoples
other than Polish-Americans have been the butts of stupidity jokes on such a ...
2
The Poetics of Decadence: Chinese Poetry of the Southern ...
Like most of Palace Style poetry, "Self-Mocking" is also a display of poetic skill.
But while in the works of Xiao Gang such a display tends to become monotonous
and predictable after a few readings, Li He's poetry holds the reader's interest by
...
3
Uncertain Masculinities: Youth, Ethnicity, and Class in ...
Among middle-class young men this sometimes takes the form of a slightly self-
mocking revelling in football, beer and sex, the latter perhaps as much at the
level of talk as of action. An underlying air of self- embarrassment and self-
conscious ...
Mike O'Donnell, Sue Sharpe, 2000
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Handbook of Social Capital: The Troika of Sociology, ...
This example shows how groups can use what, in the eyes of the majority, may
seem to be self-mocking but in fact has a liberating and bridging consequence.
Self-mocking jokes Self-mocking jokes are jokes people tell about their own
group, ...
Gert Tinggaard Svendsen, Gunnar Lind Haase Svendsen, 2009
5
Despite Good Intentions: Why Development Assistance to the ...
They conveyed both deep-seated hope as well as the other side of things — the
tongue-in- cheek, slightly self-mocking fatalism that many people use to keep
their poverty at bay. AIPZ, Ben's new friend had told him, is just five years old.
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Semites and Stereotypes: Characteristics of Jewish Humor
In a sense, such self-mocking and self-criticism serve as a defense mechanism.
Whitfield has found that Jewish humor is the humor of people who are hugely
successful, yet still feel inferior, tainted, and outcast: "Indeed, in-group jokes have
...
Avner Ziv, Anat Zajdman, 1993
7
Cheeky Fictions: Laughter and the Postcolonial
The self-mocking humour of Native American fiction often concerns the negative
treatment by whites, alcoholism, and gambling. For instance, Alexie's famously
amusing writing includes a joke mocking Native American reliance on gambling:
...
Susanne Reichl, Mark Stein, 2005
8
The Lumbee Problem: The Making of an American Indian People
His manner of presentation was rather theatrical, with shrugs, eye-rolling and a
self-mocking tone - self-mocking at his implied cowardice in wanting to get out
fast. He got a laugh from everyone. White, Black and Indian, and appeared
pleased ...
9
Because I Tell a Joke Or Two: Comedy, Politics and Social ...
The Wogs team were working in these performance traditions, but they turned the
power struggle of their comedy inwards to challenge the solidarity of the colonial
in-group. AUSTRALIAN SELF-MOCKING HUMOUR A great deal of popular ...
10
Reading Rushdie: Perspectives on the Fiction of Salman Rushdie
If the self-mocking secularism of the "miracle" of post-colonial nationhood made
possible the narrative of Midmght's Children, then blasphemy performs a similarly
disruptive psychic function in the stories of The Satanic Verses. As language, it ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-MOCKING»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
self-mocking is used in the context of the following news items.
Zoolander 2: Justin Bieber joins cast with self-mocking 'Blue Steel …
Justin Bieber has confirmed that he will appear in Zoolander 2, posting a picture of himself pouting alongside Ben Stiller's Derek Zoolander on Twitter and ... «The Independent, Apr 15»
Chris Paul posts self-mocking meme after getting crossed over by …
Sometimes we may think that athletes live their lives in a vacuum, insulated from the Internet nonsense that surrounds them and the games they play. But just ... «NBCSports.com, Apr 15»
Canadian Screen Awards a night of national self-mocking: Howell
Canadian Screen Awards a night of national self-mocking: Howell. Three years into the “Screenies,” it's apparent that what this show does best is mock not just ... «Toronto Star, Mar 15»
Laughing All the Way to the Mosque by Zarqa Nawaz, review …
Her tone is relentlessly self-mocking. Recalling her decision to take up the hijab, she notes that the stricter covering frees a woman from the indecent male gaze. «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
Obama's BuzzFeed video for health care goes viral
(NBC/BUZZFEED) – The video is proof of just how far President Obama will go to push his health plan. Obama did a self-mocking video for BuzzFeed, all to get ... «KXAN.com, Feb 15»
Self-Mocking Scribe Sayed Kashua Gets Serious With 'Dancing Arabs'
Sayed Kashua, the Israeli Arab author, screenwriter and journalist, has made a career of self-mockery. The “Dancing Arabs” screenwriter is perhaps best-known ... «Variety, Dec 14»
Wilde Salomé review – Pacino proves a self-mocking documentary …
As in 1996's Looking for Richard, Pacino makes a funny, inquisitive, self-mocking guide, whether dragging camels through the desert or pointing finger guns at ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
Bill Maher takes potshots at Christianity with self-mocking satire
Bill Maher takes potshots at Christianity with self-mocking satire. Bill Maher hosts "Real Time with Bill Maher" in Los Angeles. (. Bill Maher hosts “Real ... «Washington Times, Sep 14»
Jeremy Paxman mixes gravitas and glitz in one-man show
... in front of a glittery silver curtain, it was clear that Paxo, Jeremy Paxman's first one-man show at the fringe, would mix gravitas with self-mocking glitz. «The Guardian, Aug 14»
Drake dons disguise, hits the street for viral, self-mocking 'Kimmel' spot
TORONTO – Toronto rapper Drake donned a fake beard, horn-rimmed glasses and a wig on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to grill unsuspecting Hollywood passersby for ... «570 News, Apr 14»
