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Humor, Identity, and Belonging: Constructing the Foreign in American-Japanese Interaction

Humor, Identity, and Belonging: Constructing the Foreign in American-Japanese Interaction

Moody, Stephen J.

Hardcover

Series: Language Play and Creativity [Lpc], Book 7

HumorGeneral ReferenceLinguistics

ISBN10: 3110759713
ISBN13: 9783110759716
Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
Published: Apr 22 2024
Pages: 204
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.06
Language: English

This book presents an ethnographic perspective on the intersection of humor, identity, and belonging. Based on recorded interactions between Americans and Japanese, it explores how beliefs and stereotypes surrounding gaijin 'foreigner' identities create various types of humor such as mockery, sarcasm, and conversational jokes. Through this analysis, the study also discusses how identity-focused humor impacts participants' understandings of interculturality and social belonging. In particular, it argues that while being an outsider can be marginalizing, humor allows cultural differences to become a basis for developing inclusion and social unity, in part through the recognition of shared norms and values.

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