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Book Review: Jessica Milner Davis and Sharyn Roach Anleu (eds), Judges, Judging and Humour
No full textFirst paragraph: Writing a book review about humour presents a difficult task. Readers will no doubt expect something funny and will feel let down when their expectations are not met. Why this should be is unclear. After all, as Davis (1993: 4) points out, ‘no one complains when a scientific analysis of sex fails to arouse its readers (and some complain when it does)’.Output Type: Book Revie
Glossary to "The humor transaction schema: a conceptual framework for researching the nature and effects of humor".
No full textThis is an annotated compilation of humour research-related terms. Complete with references and examples of usage, it supplements the article by J. Milner Davis and J. Hofmann, "The humor transaction schema: A conceptual framework for researching the nature and effects of humor", published open access in Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 36(2), 2023. The Glossary is not however included in the published article
Humour and belonging: a thematic review
No full textServing as introduction to this Special Issue, this article presents a thematic review of topics involved in studies on humour and belonging. It briefly elaborates on the intricacies of concepts such as humour, sense of humour and belonging and their relationships. It then provides a selective review of some major relevant studies. Finally, the themes and contents of the Special Issue are introduced
Afternoon Poster Session, Faculty Moderator: Dr. Dawn Weatherford
Get PDF“COVID Oral History Project” – Tyler Rhea and Rafika Islam, Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Sandra Lara
“Go Green: The Psychological and Physiological Benefits of Natural Environments” – Gabrielle Thompson, Dylan Escalante, Nadia Padron, Nikai Hinojosa, Cody Lace, Joanna Martinez Gutierrez, Mark Torres, and Payton Davis Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Dawn Weatherford
“Building Bridges to Improve Social Communication in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder” – Shanna Nunez, Jessica Lazcano Trevino, Madeleine Anderson, and Asbel Ramos, Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Dawn Weatherford and Dr. Theresa Garfield
“Does Naming Induce Anthropomorphism?” – Aisha Abdirahman, Payton Davis, Jude De La Cruz, Itiel Huerta, Henry Milner, Gabriella Pena, and Gabriella Ruiz, Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Alan Danie
Book review: humour in Chinese life and culture: resistance and control in modern times
No full textHumour in Chinese Life and Culture: Resistance and Control in Modern Times , edited by Jessica Milner Davis and Jocelyn Chey . Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2013. xxii + 348 pp. HK25.00 (paperback)
Youmo and the Chinese sense of humour
No full textWas there no humour or general concept of humour in China before 1923? That was when the Chinese writer, translator and inventor Lin Yutang 林語堂 (1895–1976) claimed that “orthodox Chinese literature did not allow for humorous expression, so the Chinese people did not understand the nature of humor and its function”.1 While youmo 幽 默 is now standard usage in everyday Chinese, having replaced other earlier neologisms, what has happened to the faculty of “humorous expression” and its social functions since then? Did they emerge under Lin’s care and did they survive subsequent massive social changes intact, or were they suppressed or changed beyond recognition
Forced prostitution: the competing and contested uses of the concentration camp brothel
No full textThis dissertation enhances and complicates the history of Nazi racial and sexual policies by examining the quotidian politics of ten brothels staffed by and for prisoners that operated in concentration camps in Germany and its occupied territories. Instituted in
1941 under the command of Heinrich Himmler with the goal of providing rewards for diligent labor among “prominent” male camp prisoners, the brothels constituted a unique space in which competing Nazi ideologies of race, power, and sex collided. This
dissertation not only explores how the brothels functioned as part of a Nazi-inspired labor
incentive program for “prominent” prisoners, but also reveals their unannounced functions, such as serving as laboratories of sexual experimentation for the “reeducation” of homosexual prisoners. It shows too how prisoners instrumentalized sex and sexuality to their advantage. Although the majority of women and some men could not choose their level of participation in the brothel, in many instances they were able to
use their time in the brothel to their advantage. For some female prisoners forced into prostitution and for male prisoners earning the privilege of brothel visits, sexual activity inside the brothel provided brief moments of intimacy within the dehumanizing atmosphere of the camps. Sexual activity behind the brothel doors thus became a reaffirmation of humanity for certain prisoners and a pivotal element of their survival
strategy. This history of the brothels makes three crucial interventions. The first is a reconceptualization of the choices made by women forced into prostitution by
problematizing concepts like “volunteerism” and “prostitute” in this setting, this study makes plain the circumstances surrounding the agency of these women. The second is to complicate and add to the literature on the “gray zone” and notions of “cooperation”
under Nazi rule. The third is to provide a nuanced, detailed analysis of the functioning of sex, race, and power in Nazi Germany. This research transforms and adds to our understanding of the role of sex in Nazi policy. Despite the regime’s desire to harness
sexuality, it proved that even in a closely controlled atmosphere, to be beyond the state’s control.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical referencesIncludes vitaby Jessica R. Anderson Hughe
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