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Fear, anger, and desire: Affect and the interactional intricacies of rape humor on a live podcast

Fear, anger, and desire: Affect and the interactional intricacies of rape humor on a live podcast

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_DiVA_org_su_185756

Fear, anger, and desire: Affect and the interactional intricacies of rape humor on a live podcast

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Fear, anger, and desire: Affect and the interactional intricacies of rape humor on a live podcast

Publisher

New York, USA: Cambridge University Press

Journal title

Language in society, 2021-11, Vol.50 (5), p.763-786

Language

English

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New York, USA: Cambridge University Press

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Contents

Aggressive, sexist humor is often understood as expressions of inner, misogynist attitudes. This article, however, investigates rape humor as a collective and interactive phenomenon. Drawing on an infamous Swedish podcast episode, we illuminate rape humor in terms of affect, desire, and repression (Butler 1987; Billig 1999), and as such, how taboo-...

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Fear, anger, and desire: Affect and the interactional intricacies of rape humor on a live podcast

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TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_DiVA_org_su_185756

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_DiVA_org_su_185756

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ISSN

0047-4045,1469-8013

E-ISSN

1469-8013

DOI

10.1017/S0047404520000615

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