Political Potential of Sarcasm: Cynicism in Civil Resentment

Hof, Seçil Deren Van Het

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“…Starting from the 1990's, using humour has been one of the typical behaviours in the global protests (Deren, 2014). Along with the global movements like Occupy Wall Street in US, Otpor in Serbia, Zapatistas in Mexico and Gezi in Turkey, Women's Marches are also places where people are using humour, creativity and fun elements as ways of protesting.…”

Section: Humour In Women's Marchesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Masculinity Representations in Northern Cyprus Advertising: ‘Neydi Olacagi’ Field Study

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2019

7th International Conference on Gender Studies:Gender, Space, Place &Amp; Culture

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Besides oral presentations, there were also panels called Women in Academia, Kadın/Woman 2000 Journal: Gender and International Relations Special Issue, Masculinity in Advertisements, Stories of Women staggering sexist culture in law and the Transformation of Law.The papers that were presented in the conference were evaluated by the Science Committee in accordance with the academic criterion determined by the Conference Organizing Committee.We would like to thank the members of the EMU-CWS Science Committee for their selfsacrificing work and help to compose this conference book. Although the members of the Science Committee have given many fruitful comments and suggestions about the papers, they

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Section: Humour In Women's Marchesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…After the 1990's, humour has been an important, non-traditional element in protests around the world (Deren, 2014). The use of humour and irony created a passive way of act in such a way that it unarms the classical political subject and creates a sympathy for the protestors.…”

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Masculinity Representations in Northern Cyprus Advertising: ‘Neydi Olacagi’ Field Study

Sevinç¹

2019

7th International Conference on Gender Studies:Gender, Space, Place &Amp; Culture

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Satire as Activism in Contemporary Turkey: Trajectories, Achievements, Current Challenges

Marcella

2020

Studi Magrebini

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The Gezi Park protests that sparked in Turkey in summer 2013 were characterized by a strong presence of satire. Not only did satirical magazines extensively cover the mobilization, the satirical element was also on the foreground in the physical and virtual spaces of the protests, produced and circulated by protestors themselves. Such practice contributed significantly to the expression ‘extraordinary intelligence’ (orantısız zeka) through which protestors came to be defined. Drawing on the concept of laughtivism, that refers to the large-scale use of the satirical element in the tactics of recent non-violent protests, the present work discusses satire’s contribution to political dissent in the Gezi Park protests and assesses its legacy in their aftermath. This study argues that during the protests, satire asserted itself not only as a form of communication and cultural expression but actually as a form of activism, able to foster cultural change and produce transformation in society. It also argues that satire has the potential to perform such a role at less exceptional political times, too, but certain conditions are necessary to make a difference in these contexts. Overall, this work sheds light on the dynamics that make satire a successful form of activism, as well as on its limits.

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‘The new but lonely voice against the authoritarianism’: humor and irony in Turkish political discourse after the Taksim Gezi Park Protests

Aksan

2017

EJHR

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This study investigates the diffusion of a new political language based on humour and irony into Turkish politics. The Taksim Gezi Park Protests, in addition to introducing a new subject to Turkish politics, led to a new language that places humour at the centre. The Government’s neoliberal and authoritarian policies and tight control over traditional media shaped the resistance to be humoristic and indirect. People used alternative media to voice their dissent, mainly in the form of social media messages in addition to street performances, graffiti, videos and murals. This new wave of humour, which I prefer to call the “public square humour” emphasised creativity, improvisation and pluralism via the usage of traditional conversational humour mechanisms of the Turkish folk narratives. I investigate the effect of this new wave of humour on the professional politicians over the course of following years after the protests in an increasingly authoritarian political climate. I analyse the Twitter messages of four major party leaders and politicians who are active in Twitter, both qualitatively and quantitatively. With the methods of the discourse analysis I identify the political parties that embrace the new language of the political opposition. Finally, I conclude that Demirtas embraces the public square humour better and makes use of it to underline the transformation of HDP (People’s Democratic Party) from a defendant of ethnic politics to the representative of the new voice of Turkish political opposition.

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Political Potential of Sarcasm: Cynicism in Civil Resentment

Cited by 3 publications

References 7 publications

Masculinity Representations in Northern Cyprus Advertising: ‘Neydi Olacagi’ Field Study

Masculinity Representations in Northern Cyprus Advertising: ‘Neydi Olacagi’ Field Study

Satire as Activism in Contemporary Turkey: Trajectories, Achievements, Current Challenges

‘The new but lonely voice against the authoritarianism’: humor and irony in Turkish political discourse after the Taksim Gezi Park Protests

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