Liisi Laineste
List of John Benjamins publications for which Liisi Laineste plays a role.
Articles
2017 Chapter 12. Othering in Estonian online discussions about refugees Representing the Other in European Media Discourses, Chovanec, Jan and Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska (eds.), pp. 281–304 | Chapter
Talking about the Other evokes strong emotions tied to cultural narratives and folkloric motifs that are shared within communities. Following these discussions offers an entry point into practices of othering and their psychological, cultural and folkloric components. The chapter analyses how the… read more
2011 Chapter 9. Politics of taste in a post-Socialist state: A case study Studies in Political Humour: In between political critique and public entertainment, Tsakona, Villy and Diana Elena Popa (eds.), pp. 217–241 | Article
The link between jokes and social reality is visible in the way jokes adapt to different sociopolitical contexts by dealing with the most salient issues of such contexts. This chapter casts light on another facet of the relationship of jokes and their social context. Ideas about jokes are… read more