This study redirects attention from English-speaking African diaspora stand-up productions
to French and German language expressions of purposively selected comedians with recent …

The De Gruyter Handbook of Humor Studies consolidates the cumulative contributions in
theory and research on humor from 57 international scholars representing 21 different …

Analyses of humour often focus primarily on the Global North, with little consideration for
examples and practices from elsewhere. This book provides a vital contribution to humour …

This chapter discusses cultural analysis approaches to the study of racial and ethnic humor
from a comparative perspective. It gives an overview of existing approaches to the …

Humour has been described 'a socio-cultural construct, seen as an attitude or world view
that allows one to perceive and react to the world in ways that are forbearing (sic) and …

Maraji, a Nigerian humorist, performatively questions the lingering dominance of men in
comedy as she brings humor to the everyday lives of Nigerians. Her work on social media …

This paper addresses the intricate task of studying humor considering its dependence on
cognition, emotions and even human perception. It focuses on the use of stereotypes within …

Jokes concurrently produce humour and offence owing to differences in cultural
considerations of funniness and taboo. With growing audience diversity and online …

Stand-up comedy in Nigeria today has become not only big business but popular
entertainment. It is, indubitably, one of the most obvious of the entertainment industry boom …

This paper addresses the intricate task of studying humor considering its dependence on
human perception. It focuses on the treatment of taboos within verbal humor, having stand …