Humour in Political Activism Creative Nonviolent Resistance
This book analyses how humour in political activism contributes to facilitating outreach, mobilisation and the sustaining of cultures of resistance. Drawing on examples of attention-grabbing stunts from around the world, Humour in Political Activism demon
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POLITICAL ACTIVISM
creative nonviolent resistance
majken jul sørensen
Humour in Political Activism
Majken Jul Sørensen
Humour in Political Activism Creative Nonviolent Resistance
Majken Jul Sørensen University of Wollongong Australia Karlstad University Sweden
ISBN 978-1-137-57345-2 ISBN 978-1-137-57346-9 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-57346-9
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Acknowledgements
Many people supported me in the process of writing this book. Brian Martin was the most supportive and encouraging supervisor one can imagine, and his gentle guidance cheered me on in moments of doubt. The International Postgraduate Tuition Award and the University Postgraduate Award from the University of Wollongong made it possible for me to carry out this research. I’m also grateful for the two grants from the Faculty of Arts Fund for Higher Degree Research conference and research support in 2011 and 2012. When I have been in Australia, many colleagues have helped me feel at home and given useful feedback. I’m especially grateful to Ian Miles, Sharon Beder, Richard Gosden, Jason MacLeod, Jody Warren, Brendan Riddick and Mary Scott. In Sweden, the Resistance Studies group at the University of Gothenburg welcomed me at their seminars in spite of the lack of official affiliation and also arranged for me to present and discuss my thesis at a public seminar in August 2014. Brian Palmer, Véronique Dudouet and Håkan Thörn all kindly agreed to read and comment
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