Elizabeth M. Perego

Humor and Power in Algeria, 1920 to 2021

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Produktbeschreibung

Humor and Power in Algeria, 1920 to 2021 reveals how Algerians have harnessed humor to express competing visions for unity in a divided colonial society, to channel and process emotions surrounding a brutal war of decolonization and the forging of a new nation, and to demonstrate resilience in the face of a terrifying civil conflict.

Produktdetails

• Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 152mm x 228mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9780253067616
• ISBN-10: 0253067618
• Artikelnr.: 67568338

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth M. Perego is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Appalachian State University. Her work has appeared in the Journal of North African Studies and the International Journal of Middle East Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
List of Illustrations
Introduction: The Price of Humor in Algeria's "Time of Terrorism"
1. Chapter One: Side-Splitting While Nation-Forming, 1914 to the 1980s
2. Chapter Two: Humor in Rebellion and Uncertain Political Transition, 1988
to 1992
3. Chapter Three: Laughing at Victims and Assailants through Popular Jokes
from the "Black Decade"
4. Chapter Four: Cartoonists Drawing Lines through the Ambiguities of
Terror, 1992-1997
5. Chapter Five: Cartoons "Dancing on Coffins" and Drumming Up Memory
During Reconciliation, 1997-2005
Conclusion: Remembering Algeria's 1990s Conflict and Humor over Time
Bibliography
Index