03212nam 22005291 450 991013607160332120190626093807.01-350-98702-60-85772-979-90-85772-781-810.5040/9781350987029(CKB)3710000000915308(MiAaPQ)EBC4719369(OCoLC)956998233(UtOrBLW)bpp09263536(EXLCZ)99371000000091530820190708d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierLaughter in occupied Palestine comedy and identity in art and film /by Chrisoula LionisFirst edition.London ;New York :I.B. Tauris,2016.1 online resource (204 pages) illustrations1-78453-288-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Why Humour? -- 1. Palestinianess to Palestinianism: Balfour to Beirut -- 2. Double Exile: 1982 - 1993 -- 3. Oslo: Reaching the Punchline -- 4. -- Finding Palestine: Humour and the Delineation of Palestine -- 5. Occupied Laughter: Humour and Statelessness -- 6. Who Is Laughing?: Humour and the Boundaries of Identity."Though the current political situation in Palestine is more serious than ever, contemporary Palestinian art and film is becoming, paradoxically, increasingly funny.In Laughter in Occupied Palestine, Chrisoula Lionis analyses both the impetus behind this shift toward laughter and its consequences, arguing that laughter comes as a response to political uncertainty and the decline in nationalist hope. Revealing the crucial role of laughter in responding to the failure of the peace process and ongoing occupation, she unearths the potential of humour to facilitate understanding and empathy in a time of division. This is the first book to provide a combined overview of Palestinian art and film, showing the ways in which both art forms have developed in response to critical moments in Palestinian history over the last century. These key moments, Lionis argues, have radically transformed contemporary Palestinian collective identity and in turn Palestinian cultural output. Mapping these critical junctions - beginning with the Balfour Declaration of 1917 to the Oslo Accords in 1993 - she explores the historical trajectory of Palestinian art and film, and explains how to the failure of the peace process has led to the present proliferation of humour in Palestinian visual culture."--Bloomsbury Publishing.ArtsPalestineWit and humor in artWit and humor in motion picturesThe arts: general issuesPalestineSocial life and customsElectronic books.ArtsWit and humor in art.Wit and humor in motion pictures.700.417Lionis Chrisoula1070875UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910136071603321Laughter in occupied Palestine2565294UNINA