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Iranian political satirists : experience and motivation in the contemporary era
- Title
- Iranian political satirists : experience and motivation in the contemporary era / Mahmud Farjami, Ghent University.
- Author
- Farjāmī, Maḥmūd, 1977 or 1978-
- Publication
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2017]
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- Description
- x, 213 pages; 25 cm.
- Summary
- This volume surveys political satire as a journalistic genre, especially as expressed in cartoons, in Iran since the latter days of the Qajar dynasty to the present, thus spanning one century and more. It is an important resource, but it also provides an analysis. Moreover, this volume is a rare effort to answer a question that looks simple but is very complicated:?Why would someone produce satire, knowing that this act might be followed by dangerous consequences??, and to find out what motivates political satirists. For this aim, nine prominent political satirists have been interviewed: writers and cartoonists, men and women, those who live abroad and those who still live in Iran. The author analyses this data in relation to, among other things, the main theories of humor to provide a descriptive report for each satirist?s motivations as well as the strength of each motivational element in a general comparative context.
- Series Statement
- Topics in humor research (THR), 2212-8999 ; volume 5
- Uniform Title
- Topics in humor research ; v. 5.
- Subjects
- Editorial cartoons
- Iran
- Satirists, Iranian
- Caricatures and cartoons
- Editorial cartoons > Iran > History > 20th century
- Iran > Politics and government > 20th century > Humor
- Iran > Politics and government > 21st century > Humor
- Satirists, Iranian > Interviews
- Interviews
- Iran > Politics and government > 21st century > Caricatures and cartoons
- Editorial cartoons > Iran > History > 21st century
- Iran > Politics and government > 20th century > Caricatures and cartoons
- 1900-2099
- Politics and government
- History
- Humor
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Satire, Persian > History and criticism
- Genre/Form
- Caricatures and cartoons.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Humor.
- Interviews.
- Note
- Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--University Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, 2014.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-192) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: The book, the topic and the author -- Tradition and inheritance : humor and satire in classical Persian literature -- Modern experience : political satire in contemporary Iranian media -- Theoretical approaches to humor and satire -- A conceptual and theoretical framework -- Exploring the date : methodology and process -- Arriving at insights : finding from research -- Drawing conclusions -- Epilogue: Notes and comments on the study -- Appendix.
- ISBN
- 9789027202321 (hb : alk. paper)
- 902720232X (hb : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2017001398
- 99975889211
- OCLC
- ocn969828240
- 969828240
- SCSB-8970929
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries