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Humour and the Performance of Power in South Asia

Anxiety, Laughter and Politics in Unstable Times

2022 || Paperback || Sasanka Perera e.a. || Taylor & Francis

This book critically examines the role and politics of humour and the performance of power in South Asia. What does humour do and how does it manifest when lived political circumstances experience ruptures or instability? Can humour that emerges in such circumstances be viewed as a specific narrative on the nature of democracy in the region? Drawing upon essays from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, this volume discusses many crucial historical and contemporary themes, including dance-drama pe...