LEADER 04399nam 22006975 450 001 9910734844503321 005 20230713205206.0 010 $a3-031-32836-1 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-32836-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30645951 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30645951 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-32836-7 035 $a(CKB)27578222400041 035 $a(EXLCZ)9927578222400041 100 $a20230713d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Language of Humour and Its Transmutation in Indian Political Cartoons /$fby Vinod Balakrishnan, Vishaka Venkat 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (219 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Balakrishnan, Vinod The Language of Humour and Its Transmutation in Indian Political Cartoons Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031328350 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction - Understanding Humour -- Chapter 2: Performance of Humour in Political Cartoons -- Chapter 3: A Communicative Framework of Humour -- Chapter 4: Metaphor - The Rhetorical Frame of Humour -- Chapter 5: Application of the Model -- Chapter 6: Language, Context and Operation of Humour. . 330 $aThis book develops a model to examine the language of humour, which is multimodal and accounts for the possibility of transmutation of humour as it is performed through editorial cartoons. By transmutation is meant the transition in the language of humour when it crosses its own boundaries to provoke unprecedented reactions resulting in offensiveness, disappointment or hurt sentiment. The transmutability about the language of humour points to its inherently diabolical nature which manifests in the performance of controversial cartoons. The model is built by borrowing theoretical cues from Roman Jakobson, Roland Barthes, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. The integrated model, then, is developed to examine the cartoons which were recommended for deletion by the Thorat Committee, following a cartoon controversy in India. Through the cartoon analysis, the model discerns the significance of context and temporality in determining the impact of humour. It also examines how the ethics of humour; the blurred lines of political correctness and incorrectness are dictated by the political atmosphere and the power dynamics. Vinod Balakrishnan is a Professor in English in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India. He is a practising poet, motivational speaker, reviewer of books and a yoga enthusiast. His research interests include somaesthetics, politics of representation, film studies, life writing and narratives about India. Currently, he is working on ?The Role of the Public Intellectual and the Future of the Humanities?. Vishaka Venkat is an Assistant Professor in English in the School of Linguistics and Literary Studies at Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth, India. Her primary research interests include humour, Indian aesthetics, children?s literature, popular culture and mythology. 606 $aApplied linguistics 606 $aComedy 606 $aEthnology?Asia 606 $aCulture 606 $aLanguage and languages?Style 606 $aRhetoric 606 $aCommunication in politics 606 $aApplied Linguistics 606 $aComedy Studies 606 $aAsian Culture 606 $aRhetorics 606 $aPolitical Communication 615 0$aApplied linguistics. 615 0$aComedy. 615 0$aEthnology?Asia. 615 0$aCulture. 615 0$aLanguage and languages?Style. 615 0$aRhetoric. 615 0$aCommunication in politics. 615 14$aApplied Linguistics. 615 24$aComedy Studies. 615 24$aAsian Culture. 615 24$aRhetorics. 615 24$aPolitical Communication. 676 $a306.481 700 $aBalakrishnan$b Vinod$01373813 701 $aVenkat$b Vishaka$01373814 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910734844503321 996 $aThe Language of Humour and Its Transmutation in Indian Political Cartoons$93404930 997 $aUNINA